Oat cell
oat cell n.
A short, bluntly spindle-shaped, anaplastic cell containing a relatively large, hyperchromatic nucleus and observed in some carcinomas.
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- Oaten
[oht-n] /ˈoʊt n/ adjective 1. of, relating to, or made of . 2. of or made of oatmeal. 3. made of an straw. /ˈəʊtən/ adjective 1. made of oats or oat straw
- Oater
[oh-ter] /ˈoʊ tər/ noun, Slang. 1. a movie, television show, etc., about the frontier days of the U.S. West; western; horse opera. n. Western film, “horse opera,” 1946, from oat, as the typical food of horses. n,n phr Acowboy movie; western; horse opera: horse operas, also known as sagebrushers or oaters/ the deputy marshall in […]
- Oates
[ohts] /oʊts/ noun 1. Joyce Carol, born 1938, U.S. novelist and short-story writer. 2. Titus, 1649–1705, English conspirator and Anglican priest: instigator of the Popish Plot scare. /əʊts/ noun 1. Captain Lawrence Edward Grace. 1880–1912, English explorer. He died on Scott’s second Antarctic expedition 2. Titus. (ˈtaɪtəs). 1649–1705, English conspirator. He fabricated the Popish Plot […]
- Oat-grass
noun 1. any of several grasses of the genus Arrhenatherum or Danthonia, especially A. elatius, native to Europe, having a purplish-green flowering panicle. noun 1. any of various oatlike grasses, esp of the genera Arrhenatherum and Danthonia, of Eurasia and N. Africa