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carcinoid

carcinoid noun: a form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.

Noun

carcinoid (plural carcinoids)

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

carcinoid meaning in Tamil

carcinoid in Tamil

குடல் மஞ்சள் கட்டி, புற்றனையம்

Forms of carcinoid

pluralcarcinoids

Origin of carcinoid

From carcino- + -oid.

Words formed from carcinoid

Questions about carcinoid

What does carcinoid mean?
Carcinoid means a form of slow-growing tumour originating in the neuroendocrine system.
What is carcinoid in Tamil?
Carcinoid in Tamil is குடல் மஞ்சள் கட்டி, புற்றனையம். See Carcinoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is carcinoid?
Carcinoid is a noun.
What is the plural of carcinoid?
The plural of carcinoid is carcinoids.

Words near carcinoid in the dictionary

  1. carcinogenicities
  2. carcinogenicity
  3. carcinogenics
  4. carcinogenous
  5. carcinogens
  6. carcinoid
  7. carcinoid syndrome
  8. carcinoids
  9. carcinolectin
  10. carcinolectins
  11. carcinologic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carcinoid (page history and authors); carcinoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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