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Cancer, moles and other tumorous growths collectively account for $43 per enrollee per month, and chronic circulatory conditions also cost $43 per enrollee per month.

From Salon • Nov. 19, 2024

In a near-future where plastics have changed human biology, they artfully remove tumorous organs from Tenser in surgical performances.

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2022

“How can a tumorous growth be considered art?” someone asks, and the answer goes beyond the dark tattoos that Caprice etches on Saul’s superfluous organs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2022

Such is the case with the tumorous furniture sculptures of Brandon Ndife; the spiky, viral-looking ceramic wall pieces by Erin Jane Nelson; and Jes Fan’s networks of transparent tubes holding black mold spores.

From New York Times • Nov. 4, 2021

They looked unnatural, like mechanical insects bloated with tumorous eggs.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs