METASTATIC TUMOR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does metastatic tumor mean? 

• METASTATIC TUMOR (noun)
  The noun METASTATIC TUMOR has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: METASTATIC TUMOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• METASTATIC TUMOR (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 ("metastatic tumor" 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 "metastatic tumor"):

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 

When cancer cells metastasize and form secondary tumors, the cells in the metastatic tumor are like those in the original (primary) tumor.

(Metastasize, NCI Dictionary)

A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic tumor affecting soft tissues or bone.

(Connective and Soft Tissue Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The stage and grade of the tumor and the grade of the metastatic tumor are the important factors that predict prognosis.

(Immature Ovarian Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Metastatic tumor cells found singly or in small clusters in the tissues.

(Disseminated Tumor Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

The metastatic tumor contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumor.

(Metastasis, NCI Dictionary)

A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic tumor arising from the mesenchyma-derived cells of the soft tissues or bone.

(Mesenchymal Cell Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be a primary bone marrow lesion as part of the chronic myeloproliferative disorders (chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis), a manifestation of acute myeloid leukemia (acute panmyelosis with myelofibrosis), or a secondary phenomenon due to bone marrow involvement by a metastatic tumor (e.g., metastatic breast carcinoma). —2003

(Myelofibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A tumor formed by cells that have spread is called a “metastatic tumor” or a “metastasis.”

(Metastasis, NCI Dictionary)