tumour

simple noun20 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.4

a tumour located in the brain

a tumour located in the breast

a malignant growth or mass of tissue

a tumour that is cancerous and can invade nearby tissues

a tumour that is not cancerous

a tumour located in the kidney

a tumour that cannot be removed by surgery

the original tumour from which cancer may have spread

used to specify the location within an organ or body part, e.g., 'a tumour in the breast'

used to specify the system or general area affected, e.g., 'tumours of the nervous system'

used to specify a location on the surface of something, e.g., 'a tumour on the eyelid'

an individual cell of a tumour

the increase in size of a tumour

the tissue that makes up a tumour

the process by which a tumour develops

to take out a tumour, usually by surgery

to give medical care to someone for a tumour

to begin to have a tumour

to identify the presence of a tumour

to make a tumour smaller, often through treatment like radiation or chemotherapy