brain tumor
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- noun
- /breɪn ˈtumər/
- Specialized
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tumor cerebral
- Symptoms like headaches and vision problems led the doctor to suspect she had a brain tumor.
The radiation that's delivered to cure brain tumors has an impact on the brain.
- The radiation that's delivered to cure brain tumors has an impact on the brain.
- They immediately did some tests, an MRI to rule out a brain tumor or any other conditions.
- And yeah, last week I found out that I have a pretty substantial brain tumor.
- And Lombold, they've got a a huge malignant, inoperable or incurable brain tumor.
- And usually your brain stays that way, like it retains the shape even after the brain tumor is gone.
- And I'd found out all this stuff and my, we'd had to come back to England because my my wife had a brain tumor.
- We now in in our family talk about the moment before Peter got sick, and we talk about the moment after Peter's brain tumor.
- My character Kian is a down and out failed writer in a trailer park in the Midwest who's run out of insurance and he's got a brain tumor.
- And then you've got studies that were showing glioma, which glioma is a aggressive brain tumor.
- Just people with brain tumors in Columbia dying, right?
- And I had this dream and he had a brain tumor.
- And the brain tumors started shrinking.
- And then my sister had she had a brain tumor.
- These healings, and they do them primarily with bladder and brain brain tumors.
- Reminder And so I also have the gift of still having a brain tumor.
- But then I made something that changed everything and that was a brain tumor.
Examples
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After receiving her diagnosis, she learned that her brain tumor was benign and treatable.
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I have an inoperable brain tumor.
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That was before I knew you had a brain tumor.
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I thought I had a brain tumor!
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Is it something serious, like a brain tumor?
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You have a brain tumor.
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You think Maggie might have a brain tumor or something?
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Katie was diagnosed with a brain tumor just after her first birthday.
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It looks like she has a brain tumor.
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An autopsy revealed that Whitman had a brain tumor that could have affected his behavior.
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Synonyms
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A growth in the brain or spinal cord that starts in support cells
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A very serious brain cancer that grows quickly and usually causes death
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A tumor that grows in the brain or spinal cord from cells shaped like stars
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A tumor from the thin tissues around the brain and spinal cord that often grows slowly and can become cancerous
A cancer that grows from nerve cells in the brain or spinal cord
A fast growing cancer in the brain that is usually deadly
A growth in the coverings or inner parts of the brain that contains sandlike particles
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an abnormal growth of cells in the brain' is directly derivable from combining 'brain' (the organ controlling thought) with 'tumor' (a localized mass of abnormal cells); the compound simply specifies the tumor's location. This straightforward, compositional noun-noun combination is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will understand it.
Etymology
The phrase brain tumor is literal: brain + tumor, and tumor was an old medical word for a 'swelling' or 'growth'. So, brain tumor means 'an abnormal growth of cells in the brain'.