| NOUN | state | skin cancer | a malignant neoplasm of the skin |
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| Meaning | A malignant neoplasm of the skin. | |
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| Narrower | cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma | The most common form of skin cancer |
| epithelioma | A malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue | |
| melanoma, malignant melanoma | Any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | |
| Broader | carcinoma | Any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue |
| Spanish | cáncer de piel | |
| Catalan | càncer de pell | |
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