tumour formation

collocation in English

meaningsoftumourandformation

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tumour
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtʃuː.mər/us
/ˈtuː.mɚ/
a mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or ...
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formation
noun
uk
/fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/us
/fɔːrˈmeɪ.ʃən/
the way something is naturally made or the way it has ...
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(Definition oftumourandformationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Grafting of this cell population resulted intumourformationwith local invasion of the host brain.
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The second event occurs somatically in both cases and leads totumourformationfrom each doubly defective retinal cell.
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In the 'two-hit' model, such deletions in the germline could act as the first hit and confer the risk oftumourformationas a result of a second event.
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Up to 10 weeks following rejection, mice were immune totumourformationby the appropriate untransfected parental cell line, but not to challenge with the other myeloma cell line.
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However, we were unable to demonstrate self-renewal of these populations,tumourformationin vivo was not observed but implanted cells migrated extensively in the host brain.
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Experiment showed that dulcin causedtumourformationin rats.
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When proposed, this model allowed for the understanding of tumour growth, treatment failure, and tumour aggression that occurs during the natural process oftumourformation.
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For example, examination of transformational capabilities of discovered oncogenes are important for confirming their impact intumourformation.
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When ras gets to the plasma membrane, it becomes activated, and leads totumourformationif this process is not stopped.
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Originally regarded as a rare pathological curiosity, it is now an important focus of research intotumourformationand suppression.
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