Tumor is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TUMOR in dictionary:

NOUN:
• (US) an abnormal swelling or enlargement, now esp. a new growth of cells in the body without inflammation, also TUMOUR
• a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
• a swelling of any kind.
• A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
• Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
• an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• same as tumour

Words related to TUMOR

tumors8 tumour8

Words that contain TUMOR

tumors8 tumoral9 tumorous10 antitumor11 tumorlike15 antitumors12 tumorgenic15 antitumoral13 tumorigenic16 tumorgenicity21 tumorigeneses16 tumorigenesis16 tumorigenicity22 tumorgenicities20 tumorigenicitie20 tumorigenicities21

How to use TUMOR in a sentence

• The doctors finally decided that a tumor at the base of the brain had caused his malady and his death.
• From that time the tumor rapidly lessened until all trace of it at length disappeared.
• Abscess of the stomach sometimes manifests a circumscribed tumor, and accordingly, probably includes cancer of that organ.
• Again, suppose in the liver or in the right kidney an acute tumor, and in the joints of the right hand there is present a moderate pain.
• We call this enlarged portion of the vein a blood tumor.
• In a few cases it is possible that the fluid or other contents of the tumor may be absorbed, if the general health and circulation are improved.
• In some cases we find what is called a phantom tumor.
• There really is no tumor, although the symptoms may be such that even reliable physicians are misled.
• The nutrition and growth of a tumor is only slightly influenced by the condition of nutrition of the bearer.
• There is no distinct shape, this being influenced by the nature of the tumor, the manner of growth and situation.
• A tumor arises by the cells of a part of the body beginning to grow and taking on the characteristics of a tumor.
• The tissue in the vicinity of the tumor is partly pushed aside by the mass, or the tumor grows into it and the tissue disappears as the tumor advances.
• In the extraordinary capacity for growth possessed by tumor cells, they resemble vegetable rather than animal cells.
• There is no limit to the growth of a tumor save by the death of the individual who bears it, thus cutting off the supply of nutrition.
• They will grow only in the body of the individual to whom the tumor belongs, and die when grafted on another individual.
• The condition of the individual seems to exert no influence upon the growth of the tumor.
• A tumor after a period of slow growth can begin to grow rapidly.
• The growing tissue of the tumor is the disease, and it is evident that if the entire tumor were removed the disease would be cured.
• This is the end sought by surgical interference, but notwithstanding seemingly thorough removal, the tumor often reappears after an interval of months or years.
• Successful removal depends mainly upon the length of time the tumor has been growing.
• At an early stage even the most malignant tumor may be successfully removed.
• The time may be very short between the first evidence of the presence of a tumor and the development of a condition which would render complete removal impossible.
• The effect of a tumor upon its bearer depends upon its character and situation.
• The growth of a tumor in the intestine may obstruct or close the canal and thus interfere with nutrition.
• We know that the tumor represents essentially an abnormal growth, and that this growth is due to new formation of cells.
• Support has also been given to the parasitic theory by the discovery within tumor cells of bodies which were supposed to be a peculiar sort of parasite.
• It is not impossible that some variation in the complex relations which determine normal growth may be one factor, possibly the most important, in tumor formation.
• The official record of his death attributes it to a malignant tumor.
• The surgeon now carries a quick eye for the tumor and a quick remedy for it.

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