TUMOR
Dictionary entry overview: What does tumor mean?
• TUMOR (noun)
The noun TUMOR has 1 sense:
1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
Familiarity information: TUMOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TUMOR (noun)
Meaning:
An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
neoplasm; tumor; tumour
Hypernyms ("tumor" is a kind of...):
growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tumor"):
acanthoma; skin tumor (a neoplasm originating in the epidermis)
psammoma; sand tumor (a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles)
plasmacytoma (neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow))
pinealoma (tumor of the pineal gland)
phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma (a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension)
neuroma (any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system)
neurilemoma; neurofibroma (tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve)
meningioma (a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant)
malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)
adipose tumor; lipoma (a tumor consisting of fatty tissue)
granuloma (a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection)
celioma (an abdominal tumor)
carcinoid (a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin)
brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)
blastocytoma; blastoma; embryonal carcinosarcoma (a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells)
benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)
angioma (a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels)
teratoma (a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site)
