SKIN TUMOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A neoplasm originating in the epidermis

Synonyms:

acanthoma; skin tumor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("skin tumor" 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 "skin tumor"):

keratoacanthoma (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)

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