skin cancer

/skɪn ˌkænsər/
/skɪn ˈkænsə/
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Other forms: skin cancers

Definitions of skin cancer
  1. noun
    a malignant neoplasm of the skin
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    types:
    cancroid, squamous cell carcinoma
    the most common form of skin cancer
    epithelioma
    a malignant tumor of the epithelial tissue
    malignant melanoma, melanoma
    any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
    type of:
    carcinoma
    any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer
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