carcinoid

[ kahr-suh-noid ]
/ ˈkɑr səˌnɔɪd /

noun Pathology.

a small, yellowish amino-acid and peptide-secreting tumor usually found in the gastrointestinal tract and lung.

Origin of carcinoid

First recorded in 1925–30; carcin(o)- + -oid

Medical definitions for carcinoid

carcinoid
[ kärsə-noid′ ]

n.

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