Definition of malignant tumor Malignant tumor
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What does malignant tumor mean?
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| malignant tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body | ||
| malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor | ||
| neoplasm, tumor, tumour an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose | ||
| malignance, malignancy (medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death | ||
| carcinosarcoma a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed | ||
| malignant neoplastic disease, cancer type genus of the family Cancridae | ||
| angiosarcoma 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 | ||
| myeloma a tumor of the bone marrow (usually malignant) composed of cells normally found in bone marrow | ||
| neuroblastoma malignant tumor containing embryonic nerve cells; usually metastasizes quickly | ||
| neuroepithelioma malignant tumor of the neuroepithelium | ||
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