as in lump
an abnormal mass of tissue
the scan showed a small tumor in her abdomen
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Recent Examples of tumor
The test looks for certain things in the stool, such as blood or tumor DNA, that could suggest cancer.
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Katia Hetter, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Focused ultrasound can be beamed through the skull and ablate, or surgically remove, tumors without any reliance on a drill or a scalpel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
His experience battling a brain tumor was interesting because so much of that happened away from the course.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
This trial includes patients with solid tumors and B-cell lymphoma.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
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Katia Hetter, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
Focused ultrasound can be beamed through the skull and ablate, or surgically remove, tumors without any reliance on a drill or a scalpel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
His experience battling a brain tumor was interesting because so much of that happened away from the course.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
This trial includes patients with solid tumors and B-cell lymphoma.
—Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumor
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If filling has any lumps, strain through a fine mesh strainer.—
Elizabeth Nelson,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
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While less consequential for than last year’s clothing controversy involving the apparel brands Nike and Fanatics—which affected jerseys worn by players—New Era’s apparent misstep is another example of MLB’s brand taking lumps because of design decisions made outside of its purview.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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The research also showed lower mortality risks from some forms of cancer and HIV and lower mortality rates for malignant neoplasms, HIV, and diabetes mellitus.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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The company continues to focus on its core therapeutic areas, including oncology, inflammation and autoimmunity, and myeloproliferative neoplasms and graft-versus-host disease, with a strong pipeline of products in various stages of development.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Feb. 2025
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More news: Jade Cargill Involved In Backstage Confrontation With WWE Star: Report Homicide announced his retirement through a heartfelt Facebook post, disclosing the discovery of a brain cyst by his doctors.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
20 Mar. 2025
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But Perri Owens had a condition called polycystic ovary syndrom (PCOS) — large ovaries with small cysts on the edges — that made conceiving challenging.—
Brad Schmitt,
The Tennessean,
23 Dec. 2024
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This debut album is the culmination of years of hard work, growth, and learning.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Unsurprisingly, the most significant source of that growth was new data centers, but other factors contributed, too.—
Justin Worland,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Autopsies can catch hereditary illnesses that doctors tend to miss, such as signet-ring-cell carcinomas, and reveal causes of dementia that may have been misdiagnosed as Alzheimer’s.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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In some cases, metformin users saw a significantly lower risk of squamous cell carcinoma, but that reduction was not significant in African American patients.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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