malignant growth
Spreading cellular abnormality
A malignant growth is a mass of cancerous cells that invades surrounding tissue and may spread to other parts of the body.
The term distinguishes dangerous tumors from benign ones, which remain localized: The biopsy revealed a malignant growth in her lung.
Outside medicine, malignant growth can describe anything harmful that spreads unchecked: a malignant growth of corruption within the department.
- tumorAbnormal tissue mass
- cancerUncontrolled cell proliferation disease
- carcinomaEpithelial malignant tumor
- metastasisCancer spreading beyond origin
- oncologyCancer medicine specialty
oncology ward · biopsy · early detection · chemotherapy · lesion · spreading · lymph nodes · cells · diagnosis · invasive · aggressive · mass · lump · tissue · radiation · cancer survivor · terminal · terminal diagnosis
- oncologycancer, tumor, carcinoma, metastasis, oncogene
- growthsgrowths, tumor, tumors, tumour, lump
- tumorstumor, cancer, benign tumor, carcinoma, adenocarcinoma
- glandssalivary gland, adrenal glands, sweat gland, adrenal gland, sebaceous gland
- digestive cancersstomach cancer, colon cancer, colorectal cancer, rectal cancer, pancreatic cancer
malignant growthbenign tumor
Harmless abnormal growth
benign growth · adenoma · fibroma · lipoma · cyst
malignant growthspontaneous remission
Healing without medical intervention
apoptosis · necrosis · atrophy · resorption · involution
malignant growthhealing
Restoration of health
tissue repair · regeneration · remission · atrophy · shrinkage
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