KERATOACANTHOMA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("keratoacanthoma" is a kind of...):

acanthoma; skin tumor (a neoplasm originating in the epidermis)

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