Tumour is an English word with synonyms like tumor or neoplasm. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Tumour meaning
Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
Using Tumour
- The main meaning on this page is: Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
- Useful related words include: tumor, neoplasm, growth.
- In the example corpus, tumour often appears in combinations such as: brain tumour, the tumour, tumour research.
Context around Tumour
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tumour
- In this selection, "tumour" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, brain, circulating, kill, reactive, cells and earlier stand out and add context to how "tumour" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a brain tumour and a brain tumour but it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tumour" sits close to words such as abduction, assemblies and budapest, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tumour
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A malignant tumour in his kidneys ultimately proved fatal. (9 words)
A breast cancer lump, or tumour can appear in the breast or underarm. (13 words)
An MRI scan confirmed a golf-ball sized tumour growing on Rob’s brain. (14 words)
According to Mariam, Lolade was asked to run more tests and an x-ray to determine the root cause of the ailment, noting that the test revealed that her brother had a tumour in his jaw and needs to undergo surgery to remove the tumour. (45 words)
In a message to his colleagues in the Scotland politics team, he said he does not believe the tumour had caused his accident – but it is possible the fall “helped reveal the tumour earlier than might otherwise have been the case”. (41 words)
After analysing tumour tissue samples from 868 patients taking part in the Quasar trial, the algorithm developed what researchers describe as a “CD3 Score”, which is based on the number of cells in different areas of the tumour. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Mariam, Lolade was asked to run more tests and an x-ray to determine the root cause of the ailment, noting that the test revealed that her brother had a tumour in his jaw and needs to undergo surgery to remove the tumour.
After finding TIL-like lymphocytes - or circulating tumour-reactive lymphocytes (cTRLs) - in animal blood, the team tested whether or not cTRLs had the same ability as TILs to kill tumour cells, which they did.
In a message to his colleagues in the Scotland politics team, he said he does not believe the tumour had caused his accident – but it is possible the fall “helped reveal the tumour earlier than might otherwise have been the case”.
After analysing tumour tissue samples from 868 patients taking part in the Quasar trial, the algorithm developed what researchers describe as a “CD3 Score”, which is based on the number of cells in different areas of the tumour.
If we take the example of pancreatic cancer, then cannabinoids are beneficial in slowing the tumour growth and ultimately tumour cell death.
Being able to better pinpoint a tumour during treatment means more radiation can go into the tumour without damaging the area around it.
The tumour was a mix of a teratoma and a type of germ cell tumour.
Four year old Montanah Dubignon underwent surgery to remove the tumour last Wednesday but the surgery team was unable to remove the entire tumour.
With the proliferation of the bacteria in the necrotic and hypoxic areas of the tumour, the enzyme is expressed solely in the tumour.
A 76-year-old man is taking on a skydive in memory of his wife who died from having a brain tumour.
A breast cancer lump, or tumour can appear in the breast or underarm.
A cause close to the heart of all at Underbelly is the Big Brain Tumour Benefit at the McEwan Hall.
According to Brain Tumour Research, one per cent of the national spend on cancer research has been allocated to brain tumours.
A dad-of-two suffering from a brain tumour has been forced to with his family after his local council failed to find him a home.
A lorry driver who forgot how to drive was shocked to discover he had a brain tumour.
Although it may sound unrelated to ovarian cancer, if the tumour spreads in the in the abdomen or the pelvis, it can irritate the tissue in your lower back, experts say.
A malignant tumour in his kidneys ultimately proved fatal.
AN inspirational dad-of-three has told how he is living with an incurable brain tumour.
An MRI scan confirmed a golf-ball sized tumour growing on Rob’s brain.
As many as one in two people experience memory difficulties caused by a brain tumour, but it can also be brought on by its treatment.
Common combinations with tumour
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: