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Epidermoid carcinoma
A type of lung cancer in which the cells are flat and look like fish scales. Also called squamous cell carcinoma.
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- Abuse, substance See: Substance abuse
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- Sequence, conserved A base sequence in a DNA molecule (or an amino acid sequence in a protein) that has remained essentially…
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