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
Since the 1990s, doctors have known that most cancers arise from somatic mutations in genes that promote or suppress tumor growth, but discoveries such as VEXAS are convincing more researchers that these mutations could help explain or define other types of illnesses too.
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Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The multi-instrumentalist had surgery for a brain tumor in 1997, suffered a stroke in 2012 that left him unable to play guitar and also was treated for cancer, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Carter and Rosalynn had wanted to have more children, but an obstetrician said that surgery Rosalynn had to remove a tumor on her uterus would make that impossible.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The current trip in the Bahamas not only marked a return to the island, but also to her life before the tumor.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Jason Liebowitz, The Atlantic, 2 Jan. 2025
The multi-instrumentalist had surgery for a brain tumor in 1997, suffered a stroke in 2012 that left him unable to play guitar and also was treated for cancer, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
—Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Carter and Rosalynn had wanted to have more children, but an obstetrician said that surgery Rosalynn had to remove a tumor on her uterus would make that impossible.
—Scott Kraft, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
The current trip in the Bahamas not only marked a return to the island, but also to her life before the tumor.
—Lawrence Yee, People.com, 28 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumor
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Just in time for Christmas, certain members of Congress are hard at work in their policy shops, fashioning a massive lump of cybersecurity coal with which to gift American users of electronic devices.—
David Williams,
National Review,
26 Dec. 2024
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Ten years ago, the European Space Agency’s Rosetta probe pulled up alongside a dusty, icy lump the size of a mountain.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 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
Noun
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Ovarian cysts: Hormonal IUDs may lead to the formation of ovarian cysts, which are usually small and resolve without requiring treatment.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Verywell Health,
14 Jan. 2025
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Imaging showed several lung lesions, as well as cysts in his pancreas and adrenal glands.—
Dario Sabaghi,
Forbes,
17 Dec. 2024
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Also, while net job growth is still strong, that’s because companies aren’t laying off many workers.—
Paul Davidson,
USA TODAY,
27 Jan. 2025
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This could be the catalyst that propels the league into a new era of financial stability and growth.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
27 Jan. 2025
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Squamous cell carcinoma: Squamous cell carcinoma starts in the squamous cells (cells that line the inside of the bladder).—
Steffini Stalos,
Health,
25 Jan. 2025
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News that she'd been diagnosed with invasive carcinoma grade 3 after finding a lump in her breast in late March.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
20 Dec. 2024
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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