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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
tumor
/tjuː.mə/
noun
a mass of abnormal cells that develops when cancerous cells divide and grow uncontrollably
- “I developed a tumor in my stomach, which required surgery.”Tatoeba
- “They managed to remove the tumor.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)