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tumor vs phaeochromocytoma

phaeochromocytoma vs tumor

tumor and phaeochromocytoma both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
tumor Yes No No No
phaeochromocytoma Yes No No No
As nouns, phaeochromocytoma is a hyponym of tumor; that is, phaeochromocytoma is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than tumor:
  • tumor: an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
  • phaeochromocytoma: a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
Other hyponyms of tumor include acanthoma, skin tumor, angioma, benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, blastocytoma, blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma, brain tumor, brain tumour, carcinoid, celioma, granuloma, adipose tumor, lipoma, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor, meningioma, neurilemoma, neurofibroma, neuroma, pheochromocytoma, pinealoma, plasmacytoma, psammoma, sand tumor, teratoma.
tumor (noun) phaeochromocytoma (noun)
an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension
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