Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun malignant_neoplastic_disease

1 sense of malignant neoplastic disease

Sense 1
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)
       => malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor -- (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)