NONMALIGNANT TUMOUR

 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonmalignant tumour mean? 

• NONMALIGNANT TUMOUR (noun)
  The noun NONMALIGNANT TUMOUR has 1 sense:

1. a tumor that is not cancerous

  Familiarity information: NONMALIGNANT TUMOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONMALIGNANT TUMOUR (noun)

Meaning:

A tumor that is not cancerous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour

Hypernyms ("nonmalignant tumour" is a kind of...):

neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonmalignant tumour"):

adenoma (a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin)

osteoma (a slow growing benign tumor of consisting of bone tissue; usually on the skull or mandible)

osteochondroma (benign tumor containing both bone and cartilage; usually occurs near the end of a long bone)

osteoblastoma (benign tumor of bone and fibrous tissue; occurs in the vertebrae or femur or tibia or arm bones (especially in young adults))

neurinoma (tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve)

myxoma (a benign tumor of connective tissue containing jellylike material)

myoma (a benign tumor composed of muscle tissue)

fibroma (nonmalignant tumor of connective tissue)

enchondroma (benign slow-growing tumor of cartilaginous cells at the ends of tubular bones (especially in the hands and feet))

chondroma (a common benign tumor of cartilage cells)

papillary tumor; papillary tumour; papilloma; villoma (a benign epithelial tumor forming a rounded mass)