Hypernyms for "tumour"
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acanthoma
adipose tumor
angioma
benign tumor
benign tumour
blastocytoma
blastoma
brain tumor
brain tumour
carcinoid
celioma
embryonal carcinosarcoma
granuloma
lipoma
malignant neoplasm
malignant tumor
meningioma
metastatic tumor
neurilemoma
neurofibroma
neuroma
nonmalignant neoplasm
nonmalignant tumor
nonmalignant tumour
phaeochromocytoma
pheochromocytoma
pinealoma
plasmacytoma
psammoma
sand tumor
skin tumor
teratoma
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.