oat cell
oat cell
nounDefinition of OAT CELL
: any of the small round or oval cells with a high ratio of nuclear protoplasm to cytoplasm that resemble oat grains and are characteristic of a small-cell lung cancer
First Known Use of OAT CELL
1903
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