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

For this reason it is becoming more common for scientists to apply the word "neoplasm" to the new growths described in this chapter.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

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