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The following 2 entries include the term small-cell.
non-small cell lung cancer
noun: any carcinoma (as an adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) of the lungs that is not a small-cell lung cancer see large-cell carcinoma
small-cell lung cancer
noun: cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by small round or oval cells resembling oat grains and having a high ratio of nuclear protoplasm to cytoplasm
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