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
Those in use now include ones treating blood cancer and tumors.
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The fictional Cabinet uses the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to force the Democratic President to undergo a physical examination, which reveals a brain tumor that was affecting his judgment and emotional state.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Interventional radiologists also used the Liberty robotic system to deliver chemotherapy to a liver tumor without damaging surrounding tissue, said Prologo.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
And in 2025, UCSD researchers were awarded $25 million to develop biomarkers capable of anticipating tumor evolution and predicting how malignancies will respond to treatment.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
The fictional Cabinet uses the Constitution’s 25th Amendment to force the Democratic President to undergo a physical examination, which reveals a brain tumor that was affecting his judgment and emotional state.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
Interventional radiologists also used the Liberty robotic system to deliver chemotherapy to a liver tumor without damaging surrounding tissue, said Prologo.
—Roni Robbins, AJC.com, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumor
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Over Christmas, while trying to pinpoint where the discomfort was really coming from, Warner discovered a lump.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
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Castaways Raw Bar & Grill is another local favorite, which regularly draws crowds with its seafood mac-n-cheese and jumbo lump crab cakes.—
Kristy Tolley,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
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Girls and women who were first diagnosed with breast cancer at a later age had the highest incidence of developing subsequent primary neoplasms by 30 years post-initial cancer diagnosis.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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According to his official death certificate obtained by PEOPLE, The Middle alum’s death was a result of malignant neoplasm of the bladder, better known as bladder cancer.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The seed for this plotline parallels Ashley’s own concerns about childbearing in light of her cyst.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2026
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The imaging revealed some thickening in my breast tissue, which can indicate anything from an infection or cyst to (rarely) cancer.—
Jillian Wager,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
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The People's Bank of China kept the loan prime rate, or LPR, unchanged on Monday, as surging global oil prices amid escalating Middle East tensions pushed up energy prices and clouded the growth outlook.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
20 Apr. 2026
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State lawmakers are also looking to limit or repeal the incentives that paved the way for massive growth in data centers.—
Kevin Hardy,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Apr. 2026
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Her official diagnosis was progesterone and estrogen-positive, HER2-negative invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), which is the most common form of breast cancer, accounting for 80% of all breast cancer diagnoses, according to John Hopkins Medicine.—
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
18 Apr. 2026
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This clinical trial is targeting clear cell renal cell carcinoma, the most common kind of kidney cancer.—
Noelle Harff,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Tumor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumor. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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