Neoplasm (Noun)
Meaning
An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- The patient's CT scan revealed a small neoplasm on her liver that needed to be surgically removed.
- Cancer researchers study neoplasms to understand the underlying genetic mutations that lead to tumor growth.
- The pathologist's report confirmed that the tissue sample was a benign neoplasm that didn't require further treatment.
- As the disease progressed, the patient developed multiple neoplasms throughout her body, each requiring a separate course of therapy.
- The surgeon carefully excised the malignant neoplasm from the patient's breast tissue, and she was declared cancer-free after the operation.
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Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Pheochromocytoma
- Nonmalignant Tumour
- Brain Tumour
- Angioma
- Teratoma
- Plasmacytoma
- Acanthoma
- Neuroma
- Blastocytoma
- Adipose Tumor
- Pinealoma
- Carcinoid
- Sand Tumor
- Nonmalignant Neoplasm
- Malignant Neoplasm
- Psammoma
- Malignant Tumor
- Blastoma
- Phaeochromocytoma
- Brain Tumor
- Granuloma
- Meningioma
- Skin Tumor
- Celioma
- Neurilemoma
- Benign Tumour
- Benign Tumor
- Lipoma
- Neurofibroma