Carcinoid

Word CARCINOID
Character 9
Hyphenation carcinoid
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Definitions and meanings of "Carcinoid"

What do we mean by carcinoid?

A small, slow-growing, benign or malignant tumor, found usually in the gastrointestinal tract, that is composed of islands of rounded cells and secretes serotonin. noun

Crablike; specifically, pertaining to the Carcinoida.

Cancroid; carcinomorphic.

A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; it is usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin. noun

A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system. noun

A small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin noun

A form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.

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The word "carcinoid" in example sentences

Their findings strongly indicate the risk for a type of tumor called a carcinoid in the small intestine was associated with consuming saturated fats. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One hundred years after "carcinoid": epidemiology of and prognostic factors for neuroendocrine tumors in 35,825 cases in the United States. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Last year I learned that I had a rare form of cancer (carcinoid – a nueuroendocrine cancer). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Last year, Pat Kirkendall had surgery to remove a carcinoid tumor from her right lung. ❋ Michelle Andrews (2010)

"The two different types have fairly dramatically different clinical behaviors," said Matthew Kulke , director of the carcinoid and pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor program at the Harvard-affiliated Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. ❋ Ron Winslow (2011)

Nancy founded the Caring for Carcinoid Foundation, a wonderful organization that has been funding exceedingly important research conducted by various clinicians across the country and whose goal it is to find a cure for carcinoid/neuroendocrine cancers. ❋ Hana Hrabec-Snyder (2011)

I had not an inkling that it was two hernias slowly extruding through abdominal muscle and strangling my colon -- nor of the carcinoid tumor sitting like a time bomb in my appendix. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals jumped 1.93, or 129%, to 3.43 after results of a Phase 2 clinical trial of Onalta showed the Cambridge, Mass., company's cancer drug to improve symptoms associated with metastatic carcinoid tumors. ❋ Kristina Peterson (2010)

—F.G.W., Narragansett, R.I.There are a few well-known causes of constant facial flushing: certain daily drugs; a skin condition called rosacea; a handful of rare disorders, including blood, thyroid, and kidney cancers; and a slow-growing tumor called a carcinoid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Then there is Polycythemia vera, Mycosis fungoides, Gastric carcinoid, multiple myeloma, the many leukemias, Sezary syndrome ... ❋ Unknown (2009)

BOND: In June I was diagnosed with carcinoid (ph) cancer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BOND: In June I was diagnosed with carcinoid cancer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Narragansett, R. I.There are a few well-known causes of constant facial flushing: certain daily drugs; a skin condition called rosacea; a handful of rare disorders, including blood, thyroid, and kidney cancers; and a slow-growing tumor called a carcinoid. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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