Definition of Tumors

1. Noun. (plural of tumor) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tumors

1. tumor [n] - See also: tumor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumors

tumoral
tumorectomy
tumored
tumorgenesis
tumoricidal
tumorigeneses
tumorigenesis
tumorigenic
tumorigenicities
tumorigenicity
tumorless
tumorlike
tumorogenesis
tumorogenic
tumorous
tumors (current term)
tumorsphere
tumour
tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte
tumour-specific transplantation antigens
tumour angiogenesis factor
tumour angiogenic factor
tumour antigens
tumour burden
tumour cell
tumour debulking
tumour embolism
tumour escape
tumour initiation

Literary usage of Tumors

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"BRAIN, tumors of the. tumors of the brain are relatively infrequent. ... For both syphilitic and tuberculous tumors, and possibly other tumors, accident may ..."

2. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Ganglioneuroma, or true neuroma, is a tumor containing newly formed ganglion cells. Such tumors are found in the domain of ..."

3. Microscopical Morphology of the Animal Body in Health and Disease by Carl Heitzmann (1882)
"Suppuration of the derma invariably heals through cicatrization (abscess, furuncle, acne, ecthyma, variola). tumors of the Skin. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly (1893)
"IN a paper, bearing the title of A Plea for the Early Extirpation of tumors, Dr. Gouley makes a succinct argument, based upon long experience, ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1912)
"V. tumors OP THE SPINAL CORD AND ITS MEMBRANES Morbid Anatomy.—New growths may grow in the cord or in its membranes, or may extend into them from the spine. ..."

6. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1901)
"tumors of this character may contain the " Spinnen " or ... Occasionally cancerous tumors have been found a symmetrical parts of the brain. ..."

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