| NOUN | state | malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor | a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body |
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| Meaning | A tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body. | |
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| Synonyms | malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor | |
| Narrower | angiosarcoma | A rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue |
| cancer, malignant neoplastic disease | Any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division | |
| carcinosarcoma | A malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | |
| myeloma | A tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | |
| neuroblastoma | malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells | |
| neuroepithelioma | malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium | |
| retinoblastoma | malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells | |
| Broader | malignancy, malignance | (medicine) a malignant state |
| tumor, tumour, neoplasm | An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | |
| Spanish | tumor maligno | |
| Catalan | tumor cancerós, tumor maligne | |
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