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

The pathological examination made by Dr. Frank Ferguson, pathologist of St. Luke's Hospital, showed the neoplasm to be a simple papilloma.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888. by Various

This characterizes the period of ulceration, and erosions and ulcers follow in ratio with the extent of the neoplasm and the rapidity of its growth.

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