Synonyms for tumor
tu·mor

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1. tumornoun

   An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

   Synonyms:
   neoplasm

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. tumor, tumour, neoplasmnoun

   an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

   Synonyms:
   neoplasm, tumour

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1. • Growth

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1. tumornoun

   Synonyms:
   swelling, tumefaction

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1. tumornoun

   Synonyms:
   sarcoma, myoma, carcinoma, lipoma

   Associated words:
   oncology, oncotomy

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1. List of paraphrases for "tumor":

   tumour, tumours, oncology, neoplasm, tumors, cancer

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1. Michael Levin:

   The electrical communication amongst cells is really important for tumor suppression. The bigger picture is to understand how these voltages are passed among cells and how they control the transfer of chemical signals among cells, we need to crack this bioelectrical code. We really need to figure out how computations in tissues and decision making about pattern and cell behavior and so on are encoded in electrical signaling. That is sort of the next ten years.

2. Erin Dunbar:

   This is an unbelievably tender topic to talk about with our patients because when someone is diagnosed with a glioblastoma, it is a tremendous left turn in their life. They have been told they have a highly aggressive, incurable tumor that will undoubtedly shorten their life, barring a miracle.

3. Duncan Avery:

   We broke down in tears, how could two kids in 14 days have the exact same tumor? How does that happen?

4. Bryan Choi:

   The immune system then recognizes these antigens and can mount a potent secondary assault on the remaining tumor.

5. Ali Salanti:

   For decades, scientists have been searching for similarities between the growth of a placenta and a tumor, the placenta is an organ, which within a few months grows from only few cells into an organ weighing [approximately] 2 pounds, and it provides the embryo with oxygen and nourishment in a relatively foreign environment. In a manner of speaking, tumors do much the same— they grow aggressively in a relatively foreign environment.