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A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.

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  1. n. A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer.
  2. n. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
  3. A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.
  4. A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to anindolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.
  5. n:100 n. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer