BRAIN TUMOUR

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A tumor in the brain

Synonyms:

brain tumor; brain tumour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("brain tumour" is a kind of...):

neoplasm; tumor; tumour (an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "brain tumour"):

glioblastoma; spongioblastoma (a fast-growing malignant brain tumor composed of spongioblasts; nearly always fatal)

glioma (a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia)