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tumorous

  • a word derived from tumor.
  • a word derived from tumour.

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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