skin tumor

1. 1.

   a neoplasm originating in the epidermis

   Synonymsacanthoma

   Broadertumor

   Narrowerkeratoacanthoma

Questions about skin tumor

What does skin tumor mean?

skin tumor means "a neoplasm originating in the epidermis".

What is another word for skin tumor?

Close synonyms include acanthoma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is skin tumor a common word?

skin tumor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.