brain tumournoun [ C ]
UK US brain tumor uk/ˈbreɪn ˌtʃuː.mər/us/ˈbreɪn ˌtuː.mɚ/an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain or spinal canal that may be benign (= not likely to cause death) or malignant (= likely to cause death if not treated)
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- craniopharyngioma
- malignancy
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- nephron-sparing surgery
- oncogene
- sarcoma
- tumour
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