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noun
Production of a new tumor or tumors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
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noun
The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, sciences
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History
Etymology tree English tumor Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English tumorigenesis From tumor + -i- + -genesis.
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