cancerous
Affected by malignancy
Cancerous describes tissue affected by cancer—cells growing abnormally and invasively: a cancerous tumor, The biopsy revealed cancerous cells.
Figuratively, cancerous characterizes anything that spreads destructively through a system: cancerous corruption, a cancerous ideology eating away at the organization.
Abnormal tissue mass
- neoplasmAbnormal tissue mass
- massQuantity of matter
- lesionArea of pathological change
- noduleRounded small lump
lump · polyp · cyst · proliferation · cellular · mutation · invasive · aggressive
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
sarcoma · leukemia · lymphoma · biopsy · radiation · prognosis · oncologist · pathology
Capable of causing harm
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
- corrosiveDestroys by chemical action
poisonous · spreading · corrupting · insidious · malignant · consuming · deadly · damaging
Capable of causing harm
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- corruptingCausing moral decay
- spreadingExtending over space
- destructiveCausing severe harm
insidious · pervasive · rotting · festering · malignant · virulent · infectious · systemic
Offering relief, not remedy
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- incurableCannot be healed
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
- metastaticHaving spread from origin
prognosis · fatal · untreatable · decline · bereavement · terminal
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
nodule · lump · polyp · cyst · proliferation · cellular · mutation · invasive · aggressive · uncontrolled
tumor
Abnormal tissue mass
- malignantHarmfully invasive, often fatal
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- chemotherapyAnti-cancer drug treatment
oncology · sarcoma · leukemia · lymphoma · biopsy · radiation · prognosis · oncologist · pathology · remission
toxic
Capable of causing harm
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- destructiveCausing severe harm
- perniciousGradually and subtly harmful
corrosive · poisonous · spreading · corrupting · insidious · malignant · consuming · deadly · damaging · virulent
toxic
Capable of causing harm
- poisonousCapable of causing death
- corruptingCausing moral decay
- spreadingExtending over space
destructive · insidious · pervasive · rotting · festering · malignant · virulent · infectious · systemic · endemic
palliative
Offering relief, not remedy
- hospiceTerminal illness comfort program
- incurableCannot be healed
- end-of-lifeNearing death phase
metastatic · prognosis · fatal · untreatable · decline · bereavement · terminal
- medical adjectivessurgical, cardiac, orthopedic, malignant, respiratory
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
- tissue traitsconnective, elastic, fibrous, muscular, nervous
- tissue stateshealthy, diseased, inflamed, necrotic, viable
cancerousbenign
Not harmful or threatening
noncancerous · nonmalignant · benignant · uncancerous · harmless
canceroushealthy
In good physical condition
normal · sound · disease-free · wholesome · unaffected
cancerousbeneficial
Producing good results
healthy · benign · constructive · salutary · beneficent