malignant tumor
1malignant tumor — n. (Med.), Same as malignancy[4]. Syn: malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor. [WordNet 1.5] …
2Malignant tumor — Tumor Tu mor, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume[ u]r. See {Tumid}.] 1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. [1913 Webster] 2.… …
3malignant tumor — noun a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body • Syn: ↑malignant neoplasm, ↑metastatic tumor • Hypernyms: ↑tumor, ↑tumour, ↑neoplasm, ↑malignancy, ↑malignance …
4malignant tumor — a tumor that has the properties of invasiveness and metastasis and that shows a greater degree of anaplasia than do benign tumors …
5malignant tumor — cancerous tumor …
6Malignant — (from the Latin roots mal = bad and genus = born ) is a medical term used to describe a severe and progressively worsening disease. The term is most familiar as a description of cancer. A malignant tumor may be contrasted with a non cancerous… …
7malignant neoplasm — n. (Med.), Same as malignancy[4]. Syn: malignancy, malignance, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor. [WordNet 1.5] …
8Tumor — Tu mor, n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tume[ u]r. See {Tumid}.] 1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. [1913 Webster] 2. Affected… …
9ovarian borderline malignant tumor — A condition in which cells that may become cancer form in the thin layer of tissue that covers an ovary (female reproductive gland in which eggs are made). In this condition, tumor cells rarely spread outside of the ovary. Also called ovarian low …
10tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte — n a T cell that is isolated from a malignant tumor, cultured with interleukin 2, and injected back into the patient as a tumor killing cell and that has greater cytotoxicity than lymphokine activated killer cells called also TIL …