SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER

Meaning of SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER in English

noun Date: 1975 cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of the body, and is characterized by a small round or oval cells which resemble oat grains and have little cytoplasm

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SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ - noun : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — Date: 1975 : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other parts of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMALL-CELL LUNG CANCER — Function: noun Date: 1975 : cancer of a highly malignant form that affects the lungs, tends to metastasize to other …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER — A type of lung cancer in which the cells are small and round. Also called oat cell lung cancer.
English Dictionary of Medicine
SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER — A type of lung cancer in which the cells appear small and round when viewed under the microscope. Also called …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
LUNG — pulmon (-ari)
English interlingue dictionary
LUNG — baga
English-Visayan vocabulary
LUNG — noun see: light Date: before 12th century 1. one of the usually paired compound saccular thoracic organs that constitute the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LUNG — I Either of two light, spongy, elastic organs in the chest, used for breathing. Each is enclosed in a membrane …
Английский словарь Британика
CELL — I In biology, the basic unit of which all living things are composed; the smallest structural unit of living matter …
Английский словарь Британика
CANCER — I Uncontrolled multiplication of abnormal cells. Cancerous cells and tissues have abnormal growth rates, shapes, sizes, and functioning. Cancer may …
Английский словарь Британика
SMALL — I. ˈsmȯl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUNG — I. ˈləŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen; akin to Old High German lungun …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CELL
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANCER — I. ˈkan(t)sə(r), -ˈaa-, -ˈai- noun Etymology: Middle English, Cancer (sign of the zodiac), from Latin, crab, cancer; akin to Greek …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LUNG — (n.) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
Английский словарь Webster
LUNG — ( n. ) An organ for aerial respiration; -- commonly in the plural.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SMALL — — smallness , n. /smawl/ , adj., smaller, smallest , adv., smaller, smallest , n. adj. 1. of limited size; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LUNG — — lunged /lungd/ , adj. /lung/ , n. 1. either of the two saclike respiratory organs in the thorax of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CELL — cell 1 — cell-like , adj. /sel/ , n. 1. a small room, as in a convent or prison. 2. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LUNG — n. one of two saclike respiratory organs responsible for transferring oxygen into the bloodstream
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SMALL — I. ˈsmȯl adjective Etymology: Middle English smal, from Old English smæl; akin to Old High German smal small, Greek mēlon …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LUNG — noun Etymology: Middle English lunge, from Old English lungen; akin to Old High German lungun lung, līhti light in weight …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CELL
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CANCER — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin (genitive Cancri ), literally, crab; akin to Greek karkinos crab, cancer Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SMALL — vt to make little or less. 2. small ·adv not loudly; faintly; timidly. 3. small ·noun smallclothes. 4. small ·noun …
Webster English vocab
LUNG — noun an organ for aerial respiration; commonly in the plural.
Webster English vocab
CELL — vt to place or inclose in a cell. 2. cell ·noun any small cavity, or hollow place. 3. cell ·noun …
Webster English vocab
CANCER — noun a northern constellation between gemini and leo. 2. cancer ·noun a genus of decapod crustacea, including some of the …
Webster English vocab
LUNG — ■ noun each of the pair of organs within the ribcage into which air is drawn in breathing, so that …
Concise Oxford English vocab
SMALL — [small] adj [ME smal, fr. OE smael; akin to OHG smal small, Gk melon small domestic animal] (bef. 12c) 1 …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LUNG — [lung] n [ME lunge, fr. OE lungen; akin to OHG lungun lung, lihti light in weight--more at light] (bef. 12c) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CANCER — [can.cer] n [ME, fr. L (gen. Cancri), lit., crab; akin to Gk karkinos crab, cancer] 1 cap a: a northern …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LUNG — in air-breathing vertebrates, either of the two large organs of respiration located in the chest cavity and responsible for aerating …
Britannica English vocabulary
CELL
Britannica English vocabulary
CANCER — any of a group of related diseases characterized by uncontrolled multiplication and disorganized growth of the affected cells; it may …
Britannica English vocabulary
CANCER — (Latin: Crab), in astronomy, zodiacal constellation lying between Leo and Gemini at about 8 hours 25 minutes right ascension (the …
Britannica English vocabulary
SMALL — small BrE AmE smɔːl smɑːl ▷ smaller ˈsmɔːl ə AmE - ə r ˈsmɑːl- ▷ smallest ˈsmɔːl ɪst -əst ˈsmɑːl- …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LUNG — lung BrE AmE lʌŋ ▷ lunged lʌŋd ▷ lungs lʌŋz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SMALL — / smɔːl; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun ■ adjective ( small·er , small·est ) NOT LARGE 1. not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LUNG — / lʌŋ; NAmE / noun either of the two organs in the chest that you use for breathing : lung …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANCER — / ˈkænsə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ U , C ] a serious disease in which growths of cells, also …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMALL — I. small 1 S1 W1 /smɔːl $ smɒːl/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative smaller , superlative smallest ) [ Language: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LUNG — lung /lʌŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ] one of the two organs in your body that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CELL — cell S3 W2 /sel/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: celle , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANCER — can ‧ cer S2 W2 /ˈkænsə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: 'crab, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CANCER — Cancer BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: ↑ cancer ] 1 . [uncountable] the fourth …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CANCER — n. 1 a any malignant growth or tumour from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of body cells. b a disease …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LUNG — n. either of the pair of respiratory organs which bring air into contact with the blood in humans and many …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CANCER — n. 1 a any malignant growth or tumour from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of body cells. b a disease …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SMALL — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. not large or big. 2 slender; thin. 3 not great in importance, amount, number, …
Oxford English vocab
LUNG — n. either of the pair of respiratory organs which bring air into contact with the blood in humans and many …
Oxford English vocab
CANCER — n.1 a any malignant growth or tumour from an abnormal and uncontrolled division of body cells. b a disease caused …
Oxford English vocab
SMALL — ( smaller, smallest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A small person, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CANCER — ( Cancers) 1. Cancer is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a crab. People who …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SMALL — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a big/large/wide/small mouth ▪ He had a big nose and a big mouth. ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LUNG — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a heart/lung/skin etc condition ▪ I’m taking some medicine for a heart condition. a skin/brain/lung …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CELL — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a blood cell ▪ The red blood cells carry oxygen. a jail cell ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANCER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cancer cell ▪ Already there are many treatments which destroy cancer cells. a cancer …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CANCER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE national ▪ In 1993 the National Cancer Institute dropped its guideline that women in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SMALL — (LACKING IMPORTANCE) [adjective] -er, -est - not having much importance or effectTalking to her makes me feel small (= unimportant …
Cambridge English vocab
LUNG — [noun] [C] - either of the two organs in the chest with which people and some animals breatheShe breathed deeply …
Cambridge English vocab

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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