tumournoun [ C ]
UK US tumor uk/ˈtʃuː.mər/us/ˈtuː.mɚ/a mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or cause illness:
They found a malignant tumour in her breast.
a benign tumour
a brain tumour
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Cancer
- acinic cell carcinoma
- acral lentiginous melanoma
- aggressive
- alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma
- alveolar soft part sarcoma
- brain tumour
- carcinogen
- carcinogenesis
- carcinogenic
- chondroid chordoma
- chondrosarcoma
- chordoma
- malignancy
- metastatic
- myeloma
- neoplasia
- neoplasm
- neoplastic
- oncogene
- sarcoma
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