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

Can you see that neoplasm under the membrane?

From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by Taylor, H. Weston

The cells of the neoplasm may undergo fatty degeneration, or they may become cornified.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various