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tumor

[too-mer, tyoo-] / ˈtu mər, ˈtyu- /
NOUN
abnormal growth in animate being
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She sees an audiologist, she has an MRI; as Arnold Schwarzenegger once said, it’s not a tumor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Most known immune checkpoints require interaction with tumor cells to weaken the body's defenses.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

The samples were collected during tumor surgeries and came from both people with dementia and individuals without the condition.

From Science Daily • Jun. 8, 2026

That means the treatment resulted in tumor size reduction or disease stabilization in nearly all studied patients.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But I’d had a total body PET scan on the first night in the hospital, they told me, and the news was good: no tumor growth.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green




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