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Definition: Benign Tumor |
Benign TumorNoun1. A tumor that is not cancerous. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A noncancerous growth that does not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body. (references) |
Medicine | Tumor which cannot metastatize. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Benign TumorSynonyms: benign tumour (n), nonmalignant neoplasm (n), nonmalignant tumor (n), nonmalignant tumout (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Benign Tumor |
| English words defined with "benign tumor": adenoma ♦ chondroma, Conn's syndrome ♦ dermoid cyst ♦ enchondroma ♦ fibroadenoma, fibroid tumor ♦ harmless ♦ leiomyoma ♦ myoma, myxoma ♦ neurinoma, nonmalignant ♦ osteoblastoma, osteochondroma, ovarian cyst ♦ papillary tumor, papillary tumour, papilloma ♦ villoma. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "benign tumor": Adenolymphoma, Adenoma, Bile Duct, Adenoma, Chromophobe, Adenoma, Liver Cell, Adrenal Rest Tumor, Angiomyoma ♦ beta-N-Acetylhexosaminidase ♦ craniopharyngioma ♦ Ganglioglioma, gastrointestinal stromal tumor ♦ Hrthle cell neoplasm ♦ Myoepithelioma ♦ Nevus, Blue ♦ psammoma bodies ♦ schwannoma. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Surgery may be the beginning and end of treatment if the biopsy shows a benign tumor. (references) | |
A prolactinoma is a benign tumor of the pituitary gland that produces a hormone called prolactin. (references) | ||
On the other hand, a benign tumor located near the brain's surface can often be removed surgically. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
benign tumor | 54 |
atiology benign tumor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "benign tumor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | godartet tumor (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor), godartet svulst (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | goedaardig neoplasma (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor), goedaardig gezwel (benign blastoma, benign neoplasm, benign tumour, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tumeur bénigne (benign neoplasm), néoplasme bénin (benign neoplasm). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | benignes Neoplasma (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor), gutartige Geschwulst (benign blastoma, benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καλοηθήσ όγκοσ (benign tumour), καλοήθης όγκος (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tumore benigno (benign neoplasm, benign tumour, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 良性腫瘍 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | りょうせいしゅよう. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enignbay umortay tumor benigno. (various references) tumor benigno (benign blastoma, benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor). (various references) benign tumör (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor), godartad tumör (benign neoplasm, non malignant tumor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Benign Tumor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bengin tumor. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-g-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: remounting. | |
-2 letters: embruting, entombing, mentoring, numbering. | |
-3 letters: burgonet, embruing, enrobing, mounting, mourning, neutrino, nitrogen, retuning, ringbone, umbering, unrobing. | |
-4 letters: bitumen, bonnier, bornite, bromine, bruting, bunting, burgeon, burning, emoting, enuring, genitor, gourmet, goutier, grunion, imbrute, intoner, mention, meouing, metring, minuter, mitogen, morning, mounter, munting, negroni, neutron, numbing, omening, outgrin, outring, remount, renting, reunion, ringent, rontgen. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-g-i-m-n-n-o-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outnumbering. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 65 6E 69 67 6E 54 75 6D 6F 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100101 01101110 01101001 01100111 01101110 00100000 01010100 01110101 01101101 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B e n i g n   T u m o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0065 006E 0069 0067 006E 0054 0075 006D 006F 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36718075738025487798184 |
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