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comedocarcinoma

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Main Entry: com·e·do·car·ci·no·ma
Pronunciation: "käm-&-"dO-"kärs-&n-'O-m&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural com·e·do·car·ci·no·mas or com·e·do·car·ci·no·ma·ta /-m&t-&/
: breast cancer that arises in the larger ducts and is characterized by slow growth, late metastasis, and the accumulation of solid plugs of atypical anddegenerating cells in the ducts
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comedocarcinoma com·e·do·car·ci·no·ma (kŏm'ĭ-dō-kär'sə-nō'mə)
n.
A form of breast carcinoma in which plugs of necrotic malignant cells may be expressed from the ducts.

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