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tumor

/too-mer, tyoo-/US // ˈtu mər, ˈtyu- //

肿瘤,瘤子,肿块,瘤

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
    • : an uncontrolled, abnormal, circumscribed growth of cells in any animal or plant tissue; neoplasm.
    • : Archaic. inflated pride; haughtiness.pompous language; bombast.

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Examples

  • They’re at risk for developing these tumors, and those tumors can turn into cancer, but they can also be very, very disabling.

  • Vaccine therapy for cancer would not be preventative, but rather would stimulate immune cells to mount a response against a patient’s tumor based on surface proteins the cancer cells have that their non-cancerous counterparts lack.

  • In 2018, she said she was cancer-free after a spot was detected on her lungs and she had a small tumor removed.

  • Many of us have cancerous tumors growing in us all the time, but our immune system gets rid of them.

  • NF2 is a rare genetic disorder that results in the growth of tumors on the nerves and in the brain.

  • He was brought to the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center after doctors in Gaza discovered an aggressive tumor below his left knee.

  • But the brain tumor plaintiff does not have to say what he would have done.

  • Properly functioning, fully active RB can be thought of as having anti-tumor effects.

  • His tumor had spread, and the next six years became a painful game of catch-up, one that he ultimately failed.

  • A few years later, Baum posited that the math behind tumor growth looked more like chaos theory than anything else.

  • It would be safer to remove every tumor of the breast at an early date.

  • One of my mules which drank veruga water was attacked by a large tumor on the leg.

  • Every pocket is a latent distortion—put something into it and you have a swelling, a tumor.

  • Lily was suffering from a malignant tumor involving the hip, which surgeons in consultation had decided should be removed.

  • On proceeding to examine the tumor, he found a plaster covering it.