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BRAIN TUMOUR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
brain tumor; brain tumour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("brain tumour" is a kind of...):
neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brain tumour"):
glioblastoma; spongioblastoma (a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal)
glioma (a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia)