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tumor
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tumor: see neoplasm neoplasm or tumor, tissue composed of cells that grow in an abnormal way. Normal tissue is growth-limited, i.e., cell reproduction is equal to cell death.
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tumour (US), tumor
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a. any abnormal swelling
b. a mass of tissue formed by a new growth of cells, normally independent of the surrounding structures


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1990) screened 385 MBOCA-exposed workers and revealed a papillary tumor in one worker after cystoscopy; two low-grade papillary transitional cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder were diagnosed in two of the remaining 200 workers examined by cystoscopy.
Papillary tumors are localized tumors which can be surgically removed via transurethral resection of the bladder.
Aggressive papillary tumor of the middle ear/temporal bone and adnexal papillary cystadenoma: Manifestations of von Hippel-Lindau disease.
 
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