| Main Entry: | tumor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | abnormal growth in animate being |
Synonyms: |
bump, cancer, carcinoma, cyst, lump, neoplasm, sarcoma, swelling, tumefaction |
| Main Entry: | boil |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blister |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blain, blister, carbuncle, excrescence, furuncle, pimple, pustule, sore, tumor, ulcer |
| Main Entry: | bulb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | globular object |
Synonyms: |
ball, bunch, corm, corn, globe, head, knob, nodule, nub, protuberance, swelling, tuber, tumor |
| Notes: | tubers are different from bulbs and corms in that they have no basal plate or enveloping leaves |
| Main Entry: | bulge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swollen object |
Synonyms: |
appendage, bagginess, blob, bump, bunch, bunching, convexity, dilation, distention, excess, excrescence, gibbosity, growth, hump, intumescence, jut, lump, nodulation, nodule, outgrowth, outthrust, projection, prominence, promontory, protrusion, protuberance, sac, sagging, salience, salient, superfluity, swelling, tuberosity, tumefaction, tumor, wart |
Antonyms: |
depression |
| Main Entry: | cancer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | malignant growth |
Synonyms: |
C, big C, canker, carcinoma, corruption, disease, long illness, malignancy, sickness, tumor |
Antonyms: |
benignity |
| Main Entry: | knob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, handle |
Synonyms: |
bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, doorknob, hump, knot, knurl, latch, lever, nub, opener, projection, protrusion, protuberance, snag, stud, swell, swelling, trigger, tumor |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
Synonyms: |
agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, gob, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, knurl, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumescence, tumor, wad, wedge |
| Main Entry: | node/nodule |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | knot, growth |
Synonyms: |
bud, bulge, bump, burl, clot, knob, lump, protuberance, swelling, tumor |
| Main Entry: | protuberance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lump, outgrowth |
Synonyms: |
bulge, bump, excrescence, jut, jutting, knob, outthrust, process, projection, prominence, protrusion, swelling, tumor |
Antonyms: |
depression, ingrowth, sinkage |
| Main Entry: | swelling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | physical growth; lump |
Synonyms: |
abscess, blister, boil, bruise, bulge, bump, bunion, carbuncle, contusion, corn, dilation, distention, enlargement, hump, increase, inflammation, injury, knob, knurl, node, nodule, pimple, pock, protuberance, puff, puffiness, pustule, ridge, sore, tumescence, tumor, wale, wart, weal, welt |
Antonyms: |
depression |