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brain tumor

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a tumor in the brain

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brain tumour

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tumor, tumour, neoplasm

Narrower terms: glioblastoma, spongioblastoma, glioma

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Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: breingewas — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Armenian: գլխուղեղի ուռուցք (glxuġeġi uṙucʻkʻ) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Asturian: tumor cerebral — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Catalan: tumor cerebral — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Dutch: hersentumor — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Estonian: ajukasvaja — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Finnish: aivokasvain — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • French: tumeur au cerveau — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • French: tumeur cérébrale — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Galician: tumor cerebral — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • German: Hirntumor — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Greek: εγκεφαλικός όγκος (egkefalikós ógkos) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Hindi: मस्तिष्क अर्बुद (mastiṣk arbud) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Hungarian: agydaganat — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Hungarian: agytumor — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Italian: tumore cerebrale — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Japanese: 脳腫瘍 — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Kazakh: ми ісігі (mi ısıgı) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Korean: 뇌종양 (noejong'yang) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Macedonian: тумор на мозок (tumor na mozok) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Norwegian: hjernesvulst — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Portuguese: tumor cerebral — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Romanian: tumoare cerebrală — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Russian: опухоль головного мозга (opuxolʹ golovnovo mozga) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Slovene: možganski tumor — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Spanish: tumor cerebral — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Swedish: hjärntumör — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Turkish: beyin tümörü — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division
  • Ukrainian: пухлина головного мозку (puxlyna holovnoho mozku) — an intracranial growth of abnormal and uncontrolled cell division