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benign tumor

benign tumor

3 3.4
A growth in the body that is not cancer and does not spread to other parts
  • noun
  • /bɪˈnaɪn ˈtumər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tumor benigno
  • The doctor confirmed that the growth was a benign tumor that would not require immediate treatment.
  • a rare benign tumor
  • a growing benign tumor
  • a slow-growing benign tumor

It's just a benign tumor of one of your parathyroid glands.

Examples

  • A tumor, a benign tumor that could be making your pressure go up.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Fibroids: Benign tumors of the muscle of the uterine wall enlarge the uterus and can cause heavy periods and pain.

    Academic text (2012)

  • In this article, we describe an additional case of this rare and benign tumor.

    Academic text (2001)

  • It's just a benign tumor of one of your parathyroid glands.

    KenDBerryMD

  • Surgical excision of this slowly growing benign tumor was not indicated in this case.

    Academic text (2006)

  • Extracardiac rhabdomyoma is a rare benign tumor.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma is a rare, benign tumor that occurs most often in adolescent males.

    Academic text (2008)

  • Ancient schwannomas are slow-growing benign tumors arising from the nerve sheath.

    Academic text (2007)

  • We describe a case of nasolacrimal duct obstruction caused by a benign tumor (an oncocytoma).

    Academic text (2010)

  • The most common benign tumors include osteomas, chondromas, giant cell tumors (the most common), cysts, and osteoid osteomas.

    Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

nonmalignant neoplasm
vsbenign tumor
  • Specialized
5.8

A growth that is not cancer and does not spread to other body parts

is the same meaning but expressed with a different term
nonmalignant tumor
vsbenign tumor
  • Specialized
3.5

A growth that is not cancer and does not spread to other parts of the body

adds that it also does not invade surrounding tissues

Antonyms

malignant tumor
4 5.0

A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body

How Harmful

cancer
∞ 2.7
benign tumor
  • Specialized
3 3.4
cyst
30 4.9

Surface Forms

benign tumor singular
benign tumors plural

Morphology

benign + tumor

The phrase is fully compositional: 'benign' means nonmalignant/not harmful and 'tumor' denotes a localized mass of abnormal cells, so 'benign tumor' straightforwardly means a noncancerous tumor. This adjective+noun combination follows standard English composition and has direct equivalents across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand the meaning.

Etymology

Benign tumor: The medical term benign tumor uses benign, an old word meaning 'kind' or 'harmless', and tumor, meaning a lump. It pictures a lump that stays in one place and does not move to other parts of the body, so it means 'not cancer' and 'does not spread'.