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
The replicative nature of tumors poses a challenge.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Grossmont Union High School District Superintendent Mike Fowler is stepping down, citing his ongoing intensive treatment for a brain tumor.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The reality star, 43, shared in an Instagram post on Thursday that more tumors had been found in her heart and lungs after undergoing additional scans.
—EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The increase was found in certain types of cancer including leukemias, lymphomas, brain tumors, hepatic tumors, and gonadal germ cell tumors, according to the study.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article Grossmont Union High School District Superintendent Mike Fowler is stepping down, citing his ongoing intensive treatment for a brain tumor.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The reality star, 43, shared in an Instagram post on Thursday that more tumors had been found in her heart and lungs after undergoing additional scans.
—EW.com, 7 Mar. 2025
The increase was found in certain types of cancer including leukemias, lymphomas, brain tumors, hepatic tumors, and gonadal germ cell tumors, according to the study.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 5 Mar. 2025
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While less consequential for than last year’s clothing controversy involving the apparel brands Nike and Fanatics—which affected jerseys worn by players—New Era’s apparent misstep is another example of MLB’s brand taking lumps because of design decisions made outside of its purview.—
Dan Bernstein,
Sportico.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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The puck broke Ray’s glasses and left a massive lump on his head, but Ray didn’t miss a second of game action.—
Matthew Fairburn,
The Athletic,
22 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
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But that was foisted on the 6-foot-1 guard anyway after a bone cyst was found on his left femur in the fall.—
Steve Reaven,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Mar. 2025
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The ultrasound revealed a cyst on my ovary that the doctor said needed to be removed right away.—
Katrina Martin,
Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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Properly cleaning your feeders is vital in protecting the health and growth of birds in your area and beyond.—
Abby Fribush,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta expects that the U.S. economy will see a 2.4% decline in growth in the U.S economy in the quarter ended March 31, based on its latest estimate on March 6.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
16 Mar. 2025
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Last September, the FDA granted orphan drug status to its treatment for neuroendocrine carcinoma, a designation which helps drug companies working on potentially life-saving drugs, where treatments are lacking, get to market more efficiently.—
Eric Rosenbaum,
CNBC,
24 Feb. 2025
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The development of a gene classifier that strongly predicts the risk of invasive breast cancer for patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), otherwise known as Stage 0, which often leaves too many patients wondering if the noninvasive cells known as DCIS will progress to breast cancer.—
Kris Holt,
Forbes,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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