neoplasm
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The doctors said in a note that they had found no signs of "neoplasm," or abnormal tissue mass, during the procedure.
From Reuters ● Nov. 21, 2022
The report said that the mass in his lungs looked like a neoplasm — the fancy word for tumor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2022
“Rigid ideas of prognosis in terms of duration and dimension,” MacDonald wrote, “should be abandoned in favor of an attempt to evaluate the biological potential of a neoplasm in an individual host.”
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2018
Bronchiectasis.—In most cases of bronchiectasis there are strong indications for a bronchoscopic diagnosis, to eliminate such conditions as foreign body, cicatricial bronchial stenosis, or endobronchial neoplasm as etiologic factors.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Several forms of parasites have been found in certain tumors, but nothing definite has been shown with reference to the relation they bear to the causation of the neoplasm.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
