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growths

  • plural
    of growth.
    growth
    noun
    the act or process, or a manner of growing; development; gradual increase.

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Steroids that reduce inflammation and suppress malignant growths.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Many colorectal cancers begin as polyps, which are growths that develop on the inner lining of the bowel.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2026

Sloan is currently waiting for a mastectomy, which requires the removal or one or both of the breasts as a method of treating or preventing future cancer growths.

From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2026

Doctors opened her abdomen from her breast bone down, looking for more growths.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2026

As they thrust forward they felt things brush against their heads, or against their hands, long tentacles, or hanging growths perhaps: they could not tell what they were.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien