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carcinoid, a. and n. Path.|ˈkɑːsɪnɔɪd| [f. carcinoma + -oid. In mod. use ad. G. karzinoid n. and adj. (S. Oberndorfer 1907, in Frankf. Zeitschr. f. Path. I. 431).] A. adj. †1. (See quot.) Obs.
1889Cent. Dict., Carcinoid, a...cancroid; carcinomorphic. 2. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of a carcinoid (see B); carcinoid syndrome, a syndrome sometimes associated with the presence of carcinoids, marked by excessive production of serotonin and with symptoms that include severe flushing.
1925Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. XXXVII. 134/2 The protoplasm of the carcinoid cells gives a striking chrome reaction. 1931Arch. Surg. XXII. 568 Carcinoid tumors of the small intestine. 1955Circulation July 1/2 Before the recent reports of the carcinoid-cardiac syndrome we had studied a patient who fell into this category. 1956Amer. Jrnl. Med. XXI. 868/1 It appears somewhat unexpected to find lesions only of the right side of the heart occurring with the carcinoid syndrome. 1974Passmore & Robson Compan. Med. Stud. III. xviii. 61/2 Rarely, a carcinoid adenoma produces the clinical picture known as the carcinoid syndrome, most commonly associated with carcinoid tumours in the abdomen. 1983Oxf. Textbk. Med. I. xii. 56 Many carcinoid tumours are slow growing and followed a prolonged course of up to 20 or more years from the development of the first carcinoid symptoms. B. n. = argentaffinoma.
1925Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp. XXXVII. 133/2 Burkhardt studied a group of carcinoids of the small intestine. 1948R. A. Willis Path. Tumours xxii. 414 Many ‘carcinoids’, of the small intestine especially, are dangerously invasive and metastasizing growths. 1984J. R. Tighe Pathology (ed. 4) xvii. 173 Tumours of the endocrine portion of the pancreas are much less common... A true carcinoid, producing serotonin, may occur. |