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tumor

noun as in abnormal growth in animate being

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He was brought to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center after doctors in Gaza discovered an aggressive tumor below his left knee.

But the brain tumor plaintiff does not have to say what he would have done.

Properly functioning, fully active RB can be thought of as having anti-tumor effects.

His tumor had spread, and the next six years became a painful game of catch-up, one that he ultimately failed.

A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.

It would be safer to remove every tumor of the breast at an early date.

One of my mules which drank veruga water was attacked by a large tumor on the leg.

Every pocket is a latent distortion—put something into it and you have a swelling, a tumor.

Lily was suffering from a malignant tumor involving the hip, which surgeons in consultation had decided should be removed.

On proceeding to examine the tumor, he found a plaster covering it.

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On this page you'll find 21 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tumor, such as: cancer, carcinoma, cyst, lump, swelling, and bump.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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