- en|cyst|ed tumor
- en|cyst|ed tumor «ehn SIHS tihd»,a tumor enclosed in a well-defined membrane.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
en|cyst|ed tumor
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tumor — [n] abnormal growth in animate being bump, cancer, carcinoma, cyst, lump, neoplasm, sarcoma, swelling, tumefaction; concept 316 … New thesaurus
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Cyst of the ovary, follicular — A fluid filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a follicle. A follicle is the fluid filled cyst that contains an egg. In some cycles, this follicle grows larger that normal and does not rupture … Medical dictionary
cyst — Synonyms and related words: benign tumor, boil, bump, bunion, callosity, callus, cancer, carbuncle, carcinoma, corn, dilatation, dilation, distension, edema, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, furuncle, growth, intumescence, lump, malignant growth,… … Moby Thesaurus
tumor — Synonyms and related words: abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, benign tumor, bleeding, blennorhea, boil, bump, bunion, cachexia, cachexy, callosity, callus, cancer, carbuncle,… … Moby Thesaurus
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