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 | ||