WordNet: cancer, malignant neoplastic disease

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

• hypernym malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor

• hyponym lymphoma

• hyponym carcinoma

• hyponym cancer of the blood, leucaemia, leukaemia, leukemia

• hyponym sarcoma

cancer

• (englanti) cancerous (derivationally related)
• (suomi) syöpä (synonyymi)

malignant neoplastic disease

• (suomi) syöpätauti (synonyymi)