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Definition of Tumours
1. tumour [n] - See also: tumour
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumours
Literary usage of Tumours
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"Fibro-plastic tumours are made up of a soft tabulated tissue, ... These tumours
are situated in the skin, or the subcutaneous areo- lar tissue; ..."
2. A System of Surgery by Frederick Treves, Sir Charles B Ball (1895)
"The morbid conditions usually classed among tumours will be, ... Before proceeding
to the systematic description of tumours it is necessary to take into ..."
3. The Journal of Mental Science by Royal Medico-psychological Association (1873)
"In the July number of the " Journal of Mental Science " is a paper of considerable
interest by Dr. Clouston on " tumours of the Brain and their Relation to ..."
4. A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest by William Stokes (1837)
"We may classify these tumours as follows: a. tumours of the neck. b. Deap seated
tumours. Under the first class we may place, 1. Abscess of the neck. 2. ..."
5. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"There are many diseases which bear a close resemblance to tumours, ... In considering
the origin of tumours I shall also consider these closely allied ..."
6. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1864)
"THE frequency with which tumours fall under the observation of surgeon, the great
variety in ... Recent researches have shown that although some tumours, ..."
7. The Surgical Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1905)
"tumours VARIETIES THE great majority of tumours of the bladder are of epithelial
origin. These tumours begin habitually as benign papillomatous growths, ..."
8. Diseases of the Tongue by Henry Trentham Butlin, Walter George Spencer (1900)
"MANY of the affections which may be classified under the term innocent or benign
tumours, have been described in former chapters : ranula, dermoid cyst, ..."
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