Wilms' tumor
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- noun
- /wɪlmz ˈtumər/
- Specialized
:
tumor de Wilms
- The children had a variety of conditions, including Wilms' tumor, neuroblastoma, germ cell tumor, brain tumor, leukemia, and lymphoma.
Examples
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The oncologist explained that Wilms' tumor usually occurs in young children and can lead to symptoms like high blood pressure and blood in the urine.
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The child had died from stage IV Wilms' tumor with liver metastases.
Academic text (2010) -
When doctors discovered a mass in Jacob's abdomen, they diagnosed him with Wilms' tumor, a type of kidney cancer common in children.
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After a series of tests, the pediatric specialist confirmed that Lily was suffering from Wilms' tumor, which often presents with abdominal swelling.
Synonyms
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A cancer in a young child's kidney that often shows as a lump in the belly
A cancer in a young child's kidney that often causes high blood pressure, blood in urine, and a belly lump
A cancer in a young child's kidney that often causes blood in the urine or high blood pressure
Surface Forms
Morphology
Wilms' + tumor
This is an eponymic medical name (Wilms' = named after a person) combined with the general noun 'tumor'. A B1 learner who knows 'tumor' might infer it is some kind of growth, but they cannot derive the specific sense — a malignant childhood kidney tumour — from the proper name 'Wilms'' or from the constituents. Because the specialized anatomical site, age group, and malignancy are not predictable from the parts, the expression is opaque to learners.
Etymology
Wilms' tumor is named after the doctor Max Wilms, who first described this cancer in children. That's why the name means 'a tumor of the kidney' that mostly affects young children.