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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