n :  any carcinoma (as an adenocarcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma) of the lungs that is not a small-cell carcinoma - called also non-small cell cancer , non-small cell carcinoma , non-small cell lung cancer  - see LARGE-CELL CARCINOMA  .
 
 
 
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