any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the…
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Metastatic tumor
a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
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any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Pathology.a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Pathology.a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine, Pathology.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) a malignant state; progressive and resistant to treatment and tending to cause death
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.(pathology) bodily collapse or near collapse caused by inadequate oxygen delivery to the cells; characterized by reduced cardiac outpu…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Pathology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.examination of tissues or liquids from the living body to determine the existence or cause of a disease
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of can…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, General medicine.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, Oncology, Pathology.the use of chemical agents to treat or control disease (or mental illness)
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malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.malignant renal tumor of young children characterized by hypertension and blood in the urine and the presence of a palpable mass
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.Any inflammatory affection of the throat or faces, as the quinsy, malignant sore throat, croup, etc., especially such as tends to prod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.a cluster of malignant cells that has not yet invaded the deeper epithelial tissue or spread to other parts of the body
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.a malignant tumor of the colon; early symptom is bloody stools
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.To pour out and cause to spread, as a fluid; to cause to flow on all sides; to send out, or extend, in all directions; to spread; to c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.To sow broadcast or as seed; to scatter for growth and propagation, like seed; to spread abroad; to diffuse; as, principles, ideas, op…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tumor, malignant, tends, spread, parts.Of such a nature relatively to some other associated body or bodies, as to tend to the negative pole of a voltaic battery, in electrol…
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