1. benign: not malignant, nonrecurrent,
favorable for recovery
2. malignant: tending to become progressively
worse and to cause death
3. remission: improvement or absence
of signs of disease
4. idiopathic: disease of unknown
origin
5. carcinoma: cancerous (malignant)
tumor
6. epithelioma: tumor composed of
epithelium (malignant tumor)
7. fibroma: (tumor composed of fibrous
tissue)
8. fibrosarcoma: malignant tumor composed
of fibrous tissue
9. leiomyoma: (benign) tumor of smooth
muscle
10. leiomyosarcoma: malignant tumor
of smooth muscle
11. lipoma: tumor containing fat (benign
tumor)
12. liposarcoma: malignant tumor composed
of fat
13. melanocarcinoma: cancerous (malignant)
black tumor
14. melanoma: black tumor (primarily
on the skin)
15. myoma (tumor formed of muscle)
16. neoplasm: new growth (of abnormal
tissue or tumor)
17. neuroma: tumor made up of nerve
18. rhabdomyoma: (benign) tumor of
striated muscle
19. rhabdomyosarcoma : malignant tumor
of striated muscle
20. sarcoma: (high malignant) tumor
composed of connective tissue (such as bone or cartilage)