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tumor

[too-mer, tyoo-] / ˈtu mər, ˈtyu- /
NOUN
abnormal growth in animate being
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Tumor cells commonly show duplicated or missing chromosome segments, and these abnormalities often trace back to mistakes in the attachment process.

From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025

Featuring appearances by Björk, Yves Tumor and others, it explores mystical themes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Tumor growth was again halted, even though the effect did not rely on RAS.

From Science Daily • Oct. 19, 2025

We did an Yves Tumor music video and I was like, “no one is doing indie sleaze right now, I’m going to cover a pair of jeans in the Strokes patches, that’ll be so weird!”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2024

Discovery of Tumor "There is always too much time before an unpleasant event; too much, yet not near enough."

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann




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