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tumour::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | neoplasm, tumor |
| Type of | growth |
| Has types | adipose tumor, angioma, benign tumor, benign tumour, blastocytoma, blastoma, brain tumor, brain tumour, carcinoid, celioma, embryonal carcinosarcoma, granuloma, lipoma, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, meningioma, metastatic tumor, neurilemoma, neurofibroma, neuroma, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma, pinealoma, plasmacytoma, psammoma, sand tumor, skin tumor, acanthoma, teratoma |
Examples of tumour
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It turned out that the tumour had come back and I had to have emergency surgery.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Their nightmare had begun two years earlier when the tumour was first diagnosed.
From the independent.co.uk
He had an adrenal tumour in 2003 and broke his collarbone in a bicycle accident.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
Tantara has laser treatment on her eyes every month to destroy the tumour cells.
From the express.co.uk
The operation was a success and they managed to remove nearly all of the tumour.
From the scienceblogs.com
Infarction of tumour vessels by NGR-peptide directed targeting of tissue factor.
From the nature.com
In this process, the first step is to provide DCs with tumour-specific antigens.
From the nature.com
Inhibition of one activates the other, thereby maintaining tumour cell survival.
From the nature.com
His own scan in June revealed a tumour 4.5cm by 6cm on the tail of his pancreas.
From the express.co.uk
- Tumor: an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
- A tumor or tumour is the name for a neoplasm or a solid lesion formed by an abnormal growth of cells (termed neoplastic) which looks like a swelling. Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. A tumor can be benign, pre-malignant or malignant, whereas cancer is by definition malignant.
- Alternative spelling of tumor
- A growth of abnormal tissue characterised by progressive, uncontrolled proliferation of cells.
- An abnormal swelling or growth. It can be benign or malignant. It is also known as a neoplasm.
- An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled multiplication of cells and serving no physiological function. A tumour can be benign or malignant.
- (Lat. tumor, a swelling), a term applied, from the earliest period of medical literature, to any swelling of which the nature and origin were unknown. Thus used in its most literal sense, the word is of purely clinical derivation and has no pathological significance of any kind. ...
- Proliferation of cells growing out of control that can occur throughout the entire body.
- Any unusual growth or lump within a tissue. It can be benign if it is not likely to spread to other tissues or malignant if it can spread to other tissues
