- nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- a malignant tumor arising in the epithelial lining of the nasopharynx, occurring with a high frequency in people of Chinese ancestry. Epstein-Barr virus has been implicated as a cause.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
nasopharyngeal carcinoma
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