malignant tumor
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1. a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | neoplasm, tumor, tumour, |
| definition | : | an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose (noun.state) |
| hypernym | : | malignance, malignancy, |
| definition | : | (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | carcinosarcoma, |
| definition | : | a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | cancer, malignant neoplastic disease, |
| definition | : | any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | angiosarcoma, |
| definition | : | a rare malignant neoplasm arising from vascular tissue; usually occurs in the breast and skin and is believed to originate from the endothelial cells of blood vessels (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | myeloma, |
| definition | : | a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | neuroblastoma, |
| definition | : | malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | neuroepithelioma, |
| definition | : | malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium (noun.state) |
| hyponym | : | retinoblastoma, |
| definition | : | malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells (noun.state) |
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