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

1 sense of malignant tumor

Sense 1
malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor -- (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)
       => tumor, tumour, neoplasm -- (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
       => malignancy, malignance -- ((medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death)