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
Studies are mixed on the effects of supplemental forms of antioxidants–like vitamin C–on cancer treatment and tumor progression.
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 3 Dec. 2024
The dog was in recovery at the time and on his first long walk since receiving surgery to remove two benign tumors two weeks prior.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
As a tumor begins, the cells start mutating more and more.
—Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
Neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins University performed the institution’s first two AR surgeries on patients in 2020, one for a spinal fusion surgery and another to remove a cancerous tumor.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 3 Dec. 2024
The dog was in recovery at the time and on his first long walk since receiving surgery to remove two benign tumors two weeks prior.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024
As a tumor begins, the cells start mutating more and more.
—Lisa Chase, Outside Online, 29 Nov. 2024
Neurosurgeons at Johns Hopkins University performed the institution’s first two AR surgeries on patients in 2020, one for a spinal fusion surgery and another to remove a cancerous tumor.
—Anisha Sircar, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Christmas in America has long been about receiving presents from Santa for being nice, or at worst, getting a lump of coal for being naughty.Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Make cream cheese mixture: Beat together cream cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, Dijon mustard, Worcestershire, hot sauce, and garlic powder in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low speed until well combined and no lumps remain, 1 to 2 minutes.Giovanna Vazquez, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024
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The members taught me that a hematologist is a general blood doctor, not a specialist in my type of blood cancer (a category called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPN).Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 16 July 2024
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While some cysts remain stable, others grow and become inflamed.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Women's absences from work due to health conditions like severe period pain and ovarian cysts cost the economy nearly £11 billion per year, according to a recent report by the NHS Confederation.Harriet Marsden, theweek, 22 Nov. 2024
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That figure missed the 4.6% increase expected by a Reuters poll, and is markedly lower than the 4.8% growth recorded in October.Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2024
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Industrial production growth stayed broadly flat at 5.4% compared with 5.3% in October.Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 16 Dec. 2024
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Though a vast majority of people knew about the HPV vaccination, that wasn’t the case for awareness about the association between HPV and a throat cancer called oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma.Maggie O'Neill, Health, 24 Dec. 2024
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People with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma, as well as people with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 (MEN 2), should not use these medications. 4.Karen Berger, PharmD, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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