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Neoplasm

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tumornoun(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
tumournoun(oncology, pathology) Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.

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tumournoun(oncology, pathology) Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
tumornoun(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
growthnounAn increase in size, number, value, or strength.
massnoun(physical) Matter, material.
lesionnoun(pathology) A wound or injury.
neoplasianoun(medicine) The formation of a neoplasm
carcinomanoun(countable) An invasive malignant tumour derived from epithelial tissue that tends to metastasize to other areas of the body.
sarcomanoun(oncology) A type of malignant tumor of the bone, cartilage, fat, muscle, blood vessels, or other connective or supportive tissue.
adenomanoun(pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
lymphomanoun(oncology, pathology) A malignant tumor that arises in the lymph nodes or in other lymphoid tissue.
gliomanoun(pathology) A tumour that arises from glial cells in the brain or spinal cord
lipomanoun(pathology) A nonmalignant tumor comprising fat cells.
fibromanoun(pathology) A benign tumour of fibrous connective tissue.
melanomanoun(oncology, pathology) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
myomanoun(pathology) A tumor composed of muscle tissue, usually benign and commonly occurring in the uterus and the esophagus.
blastomanoun(pathology) A tumour that is caused by malignancies in precursor cells or blasts.
papillomanoun(pathology, oncology) An epithelial tumour, usually benign, with the appearance of a papilla
hemangiomanoun(pathology) A congenital, benign tumor of endothelial cells.
meningiomanoun(pathology) A common tumour of the central nervous system, occurring in the meninges, usually benign.
teratomanoun(pathology) A benign or malignant tumour, especially of the gonads, that arises from germ cells and consists of different types of tissue such as skin, hair, or muscle.

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