MASSES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does masses mean? 

• MASSES (noun)
  The noun MASSES has 1 sense:

1. the common people generally

  Familiarity information: MASSES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MASSES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The common people generally

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

hoi polloi; mass; masses; multitude; people; the great unwashed

Context example:

power to the people

Hypernyms ("masses" is a kind of...):

group; grouping (any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)

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

laity; temporalty (in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy)

audience (the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment)

followers; following (a group of followers or enthusiasts)

 Context examples 

Adnexal masses include ovarian cysts, ectopic (tubal) pregnancies, and benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancer) tumors.

(Adnexal mass, NCI Dictionary)

A small unit of mass used to express atomic and molecular masses.

(Atomic Mass Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

They are two of the nearest regions in which massive stars - with masses upwards of 10 times that of the Sun - have been observed to be forming.

('Space Butterfly' Is Home to Hundreds of Baby Stars, NASA)

The medial one of a pair of small masses that protrude from the posteroinferior part of the thalamus; commonly considered a part of the metathalamus.

(Internal Geniculate Body, NCI Thesaurus)

Paired small tissue masses located on opposite sides of the oropharynx between the faucial pillars.

(Palatine Tonsil, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Grossly, the better differentiated tumors consist of cystic masses, usually unilocular, containing a clear but sometimes viscous fluid.

(Ovarian Serous Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Clinically, these tumors present as asymptomatic masses.

(Benign Salivary Gland Myoepithelioma, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast masses are not always malignant.

(Breast Lump, NCI Thesaurus)

This results in the development of tumor-like masses.

(Juvenile Hyaline Fibromatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

H. kunzii is a nonvirulent member of the skin flora, but may become an opportunistic pathogen in immunocompromised patients and has been isolated from wounds and breast masses.

(Helcococcus kunzii, NCI Thesaurus)