English noun: malignant neoplastic disease | |||
1. | malignant neoplastic disease (state) any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream | ||
Synonyms | cancer | ||
Broader (hypernym) | malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | cancer of the blood, carcinoma, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma | ||