MALIGNANT NEOPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does malignant neoplasm mean? 

• MALIGNANT NEOPLASM (noun)
  The noun MALIGNANT NEOPLASM has 1 sense:

1. a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body

  Familiarity information: MALIGNANT NEOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALIGNANT NEOPLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor

Hypernyms ("malignant neoplasm" is a kind of...):

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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "malignant neoplasm"):

carcinosarcoma (a malignant neoplasm composed of carcinoma and sarcoma extensively intermixed)

cancer; malignant neoplastic disease (any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream)

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)

retinoblastoma (malignant ocular tumor of retinal cells; usually occurs before the third year of life; composed of primitive small round retinal cells)

 Context examples 

A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the appendix.

(Appendix Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the hypopharynx from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Hypopharynx, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the gallbladder from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Gallbladder, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that affects the portion of the urethra that is close to the outside of the body.

(Anterior Urethral Malignant Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the anterior portion of the tongue.

(Anterior Tongue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the lip from another anatomic site.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Lip, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm of ependymal origin with anaplastic cellular morphology.

(Anaplastic Ependymoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign or malignant neoplasm arising from mesothelial cells.

(Mesothelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It is not clear if metachronous malignant neoplasms represent new primary tumors or metastatic disease.

(Metachronous Malignant Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A malignant neoplasm that has spread from its original site to the brain stem.

(Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Brain Stem, NCI Thesaurus)