- a specific class of diseases caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in the body.
- a malignant growth or tumor resulting from an uncontrolled division of cells.
Synonyms: malignant growth, cancerous growth, malignant tumour, tumour, malignancy; technicalcarcinoma, sarcoma, melanoma, lymphoma, myeloma, neoplasm, metastasis, neurofibroma, teratoma, fibroadenoma, meningioma
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