as in lump
an abnormal mass of tissue
the scan showed a small tumor in her abdomen
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Recent Examples of tumor
His stepdaughter, Leah Hennessy, revealed Feb. 10 that Johansen had been battling Stage 4 cancer for a decade, had a brain tumor and had broken his back in a fall just after Thanksgiving.
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The participants first had their tumors removed sometime between 2019 and 2021.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, his treatment has gone according to plan and his tumor has shrunk for the procedure.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 2025
The participants first had their tumors removed sometime between 2019 and 2021.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2025
Thankfully, his treatment has gone according to plan and his tumor has shrunk for the procedure.
—Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2025
The remaining smaller tumors will be dealt with via radiation at a later date.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumor
Noun
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Stay for dinner with weekly specials including lobster ravioli and squid ink fettuccine with lump crab meat.—
Samantha Nelson,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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The extensive menu is accented by all kinds of coastal favorites—from the popular she-crab soup and Charleston-style lump crab cakes to jambalaya and lobster bisque.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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The company continues to focus on its core therapeutic areas, including oncology, inflammation and autoimmunity, and myeloproliferative neoplasms and graft-versus-host disease, with a strong pipeline of products in various stages of development.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Feb. 2025
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Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.—
Brittany Risher,
SELF,
30 July 2024
Noun
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This is in large part due to symptom overlap with other conditions like IBS, ovarian cysts, and pelvic inflammatory disease.—
Heidi Cope,
Health,
18 Feb. 2025
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Aside from noticeable hair loss at the temples and forehead, other signs of traction alopecia include thinning hair, scalp pain, and follicular cysts or small bumps on the scalp.—
Philipp Wehsack,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Season 14 Erika is lighter, focusing on her personal growth and independence, and serving as a (mostly) neutral mediator between the warring forces of Kyle Richards and Dorit Kemsley.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2025
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This visit is not comparable to removing benign skin growths.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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For squamous cell carcinoma patients, though, the lines weren’t as clear.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025
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There are even some rare forms of skin cancer, such as Merkel cell carcinoma and Kaposi sarcoma, that are primarily virus-driven, notes Nghiem.—
Caroline C. Boyle,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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