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Ewing's tumor

Ewing's tumor

9.0
A rare cancer of bone that mainly affects children and young adults
  • noun
  • /ˈjuːɪŋz ˈtjuːmər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : tumor de Ewing
  • Biopsy results confirmed the diagnosis of Ewing's tumor in the patient’s pelvis.

Examples

  • Treatment for Ewing's tumor often involves a combination of chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy.

  • The doctor explained that the pain in his leg was caused by a Ewing's tumor.

  • Doctors diagnosed him with Ewing's tumor last week.

  • What are the symptoms of Ewing's tumor?

  • The biopsy showed that he had developed a Ewing's tumor in his leg.

  • Early detection of Ewing's tumor can significantly improve treatment outcomes for young patients.

  • She was diagnosed with Ewing's tumor, which is a serious condition that primarily affects children.

Synonyms

Ewing's sarcoma
vsEwing's tumor
  • Specialized
1 9.3

A rare bone cancer that often starts in the pelvis or long bones and mainly affects children and young adults

is the same condition but uses a different clinical name

Surface Forms

Ewing's tumor singular
Ewing's tumors plural

Morphology

Ewing's + tumor

This is an eponymous medical name: a learner who knows 'tumor' will infer that the phrase refers to a kind of tumor, but 'Ewing's' is a proper name that gives no information about the tumour's specific properties (bone origin, malignancy, typical age group). Because the general class (a tumour) is transparent but the detailed clinical meaning is not predictable from the parts, the expression is only partially transparent to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Ewing's tumor gets its name from Dr. James Ewing, the doctor who first described this kind of tumor in the bones, and doctors began to call the disease by his name, so today Ewing's tumor means 'a rare bone cancer' that often affects children and young adults.