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Main Entry: oat cell
Pronunciation: 'Ot-
Function: noun
: any of the small round or oval cells with a high ratio of nuclear protoplasm to cytoplasm thatresemble oat grains and are characteristic of small-cell lung cancer
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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oat cell n.
A short, bluntly spindle-shaped, anaplastic cell containing a relatively large, hyperchromatic nucleus and observed in some carcinomas.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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