carcinoid
noun
car·ci·noid
ˈkär-sə-ˌnȯid 
: a benign or malignant tumor arising especially from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract
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An aggressive cancer featuring adenocarcinomas, cancer that develops in the glands that line your organs, and carcinoids, a type of slow-growing tumor.
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USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
She was diagnosed with a lung carcinoid tumor, a type of neuroendocrine cancer that can grow in various parts of the body.
—Charlotte Huff, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024
The Connecticut Carcinoid Initiative is a support group of patients with carcinoid or other neuroendocrine cancers and their family members.
—Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
She was diagnosed with a lung carcinoid tumor, a type of neuroendocrine cancer that can grow in various parts of the body.
—Charlotte Huff, CBS News, 15 Feb. 2024
The Connecticut Carcinoid Initiative is a support group of patients with carcinoid or other neuroendocrine cancers and their family members.
—Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
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First Known Use
1925, in the meaning defined above
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“Carcinoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carcinoid. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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carcinoid
noun
car·ci·noid
ˈkärs-ᵊn-ˌȯid
: a benign or malignant tumor arising especially from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract (as in the stomach or appendix)
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