tumour

noun

1. 瘤；肿瘤；肿块
   a mass of cells growing in or on a part of the body where they should not, usually causing medical problems
   1. a brain tumour
      脑瘤
   2. a benign/malignant (= harmless/harmful) tumour
      良性 / 恶性肿瘤

in AM, use 美国英语用 tumor


1. 肿瘤
   A tumour is a mass of diseased or abnormal cells that has grown in a person's or animal's body.

1. It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.
   这不是癌症，只是良性肿瘤。
2. Her father died of a brain tumour.
   她父亲死于脑瘤。
3. It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body
   原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。
4. He died in 1984 of an unsuspected brain tumour.
   他于1984年意外死于脑瘤。
5. The tumour constricts the nerves.
   肿瘤压迫神经。
6. A cancer is a malignant tumour.
   癌是一种恶性瘤。
7. Is the tumour malignant or benign?
   肿瘤是恶性的，还是良性的？
8. Take it easy, this is a benign tumour.
   不用担心，这是个良性肿瘤。
9. The surgeons operated upon him for a tumour.
   外科医生为他施行了肿瘤切除手术。
10. Using the system, the researchers successfully produced a clear image of a simulated breast cancer tumour.
    利用这个系统，这组科学家成功地生成了一幅模拟乳腺肿瘤的清晰的图像。
11. Cellular senescence has been recently shown to have an important role in opposing tumour initiation and promotion.
    细胞衰老已经在抑制肿瘤产生和扩展中显示出了重要的作用。
12. We have a tumour to remove.
    我们要摘除一个肿瘤。
13. Sebaceous gland carcinoma is a rare, aggressive, skin tumour.
    皮脂腺癌是一种罕见的侵袭性皮肤肿瘤。
14. We know that even though the patient has surgery to remove the tumour there are still small tumours present.
    我们知道，即使患者通过手术切除了肿瘤，仍然有微小的肿瘤残留。
15. However, tumour growth was not affected in mice that lack functional T cells.
    然而，在缺乏功能性T细胞小鼠上，肿瘤生长不受影响。
16. Further insights into the molecular biology of this malignant tumour are needed to improve the therapeutic approaches and outcome.
    为了改进治疗方法和预后，需要进一步研究这个恶性肿瘤的分子生物学。
17. Colorectal cancer: Malignant tumour of the large intestine ( colon) or rectum.
    结肠直肠癌：结肠或直肠的恶性肿瘤。
18. And her tumour's already exploded.
    而她的肿瘤已经爆炸了。
19. Why can't I have a brain tumour or something.
    为什么不让我有脑瘤或者。
20. A benign tumour will not cause you harm.
    良性肿瘤不会对你有害。
21. An international research team has developed a method for the screening and identification of tumour growth-suppressing genes.
    一个国际研究小组设计了一种检测方法来筛查和鉴别肿瘤生长抑制基因。
22. Tumour cells can develop a resistance to certain drugs.
    肿瘤细胞能对某些药物产生抗药性。
23. Angiogenesis is critical during tumour initiation and malignant progression.
    血管生成在肿瘤发生和中起重要作用。
24. In tumour cells with defects in apoptosis, autophagy allows prolonged survival.
    在凋亡缺陷的肿瘤细胞中，自噬延长了生存期。
25. Some tumours produce compounds characteristic or other tissues, e.g.parathyroid hormone by cells of tumour arising in the bronchus.
    一些肿瘤产生具有其他组织特征的复合物，例如来源于支气管的瘤细胞产生甲状旁腺激素。
26. Meanwhile, some lymphokines with cell-to-cell effects also play some important roles in tumour metastasis.
    同时一些参与细胞间粘附的淋巴因子也在肿瘤转移中起重要作用。
27. The course of the disease correlates with the development of the tumour.
    病程和肿瘤的发展有相互关系。
28. Ovarian cancer: Malignant tumour of the ovaries.
    卵巢癌：卵巢的恶性肿瘤。
29. However, similarly staged cancers may have markedly different prognoses, indicating that stage cannot completely explain tumour behaviour.
    然而，相近分期的癌症的预后却有着显著的差异，提示了分期并不能完全解释肿瘤的行为。
30. Objective To evaluate clinical rationality and safety of surgical treatment for vast thyroid tumour.
    目的评价巨大甲状腺肿瘤外科治疗的临床合理性与安全性。

  cancer canker growth tumour【导航词义：癌，瘤】

  cancer n. 癌，癌症

〔辨析〕指人体内的恶性肿瘤。

  canker n. 根瘤病；溃疡

〔辨析〕指花木的枝枯病，也指人和动物的溃疡病。

  growth n. 赘生物

〔辨析〕指人、动物或植物体表或体内因病变而长出的肿块。

  tumour n. 肿瘤，肿块

〔辨析〕指人或动物身体某部位因病变而长出且迅速增大的肿块。

noun

1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

   Synonym:    tumorneoplasm