- cancer, malignant neoplastic disease - any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream
--1 is a kind of malignant tumor, malignant neoplasm, metastatic tumor
--1 has particulars:lymphoma; carcinoma; leukemia, leukaemia, leucaemia, cancer of the blood; sarcoma