Definition of Benign tumor

1. Noun. A tumor that is not cancerous.

Exact synonyms: Benign Tumour, Nonmalignant Neoplasm, Nonmalignant Tumor, Nonmalignant Tumour
Generic synonyms: Neoplasm, Tumor, Tumour
Specialized synonyms: Adenoma, Chondroma, Enchondroma, Fibroma, Myoma, Myxoma, Neurinoma, Osteoblastoma, Osteochondroma, Osteoma, Papillary Tumor, Papillary Tumour, Papilloma, Villoma

Definition of Benign tumor

1. Noun. A tumor which can usually be removed without serious complications and will not be fatal to the patient. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Benign Tumor

benign migratory glossitis
benign myalgic encephalomyelitis
benign nasal tumour
benign neonatal convulsions
benign nephrosclerosis
benign paroxysmal peritonitis
benign paroxysmal postural vertigo
benign positional vertigo
benign prostatic hyperplasia
benign prostatic hypertrophy
benign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy
benign stupor
benign tertian malaria
benign tetanus
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Literary usage of Benign tumor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"MULTIPLE, BENIGN, TUMOR-LIKE NEW GROWTHS Under the name of multiple, benign, tumor-like new growths a case has been pictured and described by Schweninger ..."

2. The Pathology and surgical treatment of tumors by Nicholas Senn (1900)
"Grafting of a Malignant upon a benign tumor.—By the grafting of a malignant upon a benign tumor is meant, not the transformation FIG. 18. ..."

3. Diseases of the skin: Inluding the Acute Eruptive Fevers by Frank Crozer Knowles (1914)
"MULTIPLE benign tumor-LIKE \EW GROWTHS multiple, small epithelial tumors occurring chiefly about the face and usually of a benign character. ..."

4. A Practical treatise on diseases of the skin for the use of students and by Oliver Samuel Ormsby (1921)
"Proe. Royal Soc. of Mod., 1919. xii, j>. 21; A case of the condition described as multiple benign, tumor-like new-growths of the skin. ..."

5. Wisconsin Medical Journal by State Medical Society of Wisconsin (1905)
"Give the benefit of the doubt to those who claim that a benign tumor can become malignant. Now, how many cases have they seen compared to the whole number ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on Diseases of the Skin, for the Use of Students and by James Nevins Hyde (1893)
"Multiple benign tumor-like New Growths of the Skin. Under this title Schweninger and Buzzi ... benign tumor ..."

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