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
A rare form of disease, heretofore looked upon as sarcomatous, but now generally recognized as granuloma, and formerly described under the names mycosis fungoides, inflammatory fungoid neoplasm, and several others.
From Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
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