adenocarcinoma | (noun) malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium | Synonyms: glandular cancer, glandular carcinoma |
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adenoma | (noun) a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin | - |
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anomalist | (noun) someone who has a special interest in exceptional cases | - |
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anomalops | (noun) fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico | Synonyms: flashlight fish |
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anomalopteryx | (noun) the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey | Synonyms: Anomalopteryx oweni |
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anomalousness | (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomaly |
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anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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(noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
(noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
antinomasia | (noun) substitution of a title for a name | - |
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carcinoma | (noun) any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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fibroadenoma | (noun) benign and movable and firm and not tender tumor of the breast; common in young women and caused by high levels of estrogen | - |
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hepatocarcinoma | (noun) carcinoma of the liver | Synonyms: hepatocellular carcinoma, hepatoma, malignant hepatoma |
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lymphadenoma | (noun) an abnormally enlarged lymph node | - |
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melanoma | (noun) any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes | Synonyms: malignant melanoma |
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monomania | (noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: possession |
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monomaniac | (noun) a person suffering from monomania | - |
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nanomachine | (noun) a machine of the size of close to one nanometre | - |
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neurinoma | (noun) tumor (usually benign) of the sheath surrounding a nerve | - |
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noma | (noun) acute ulceration of the mucous membranes of the mouth or genitals; often seen in undernourished children | - |
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nomad | (noun) a member of a people who have no permanent home but move about according to the seasons | - |
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nomadism | (noun) The way of life of people who, having no fixed home, move around seasonally in search of food, water and grazing etc. | - |
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onomancer | (noun) one who practices onomancy | - |
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onomancy | (noun) divination by the letters of a name | - |
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onomasticon | (noun) a list of proper nouns naming persons or places | - |
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onomastics | (noun) the branch of lexicology that studies the forms and origins of proper names | - |
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onomatomania | (noun) obsession with a particular word which the person uses repeatedly or which intrudes into consciousness | - |
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onomatopoeia | (noun) using words that imitate the sound they denote | - |
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paronomasia | (noun) a humorous play on words | Synonyms: pun, punning, wordplay |
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seminoma | (noun) malignant tumor of the testis; usually occurring in older men | Synonyms: testicular cancer |
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