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
Words nearby carcinoid
Medical definitions for carcinoid
carcinoid
[ kär′sə-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