tumour
单词辨析：
指人体内的恶性肿瘤。
He died of liver cancer.
他死于肝癌。
A lot of cancers can now be cured.
现在有许多种癌症可以治愈。
指花木的枝枯病，也指人和动物的溃疡病。
This tree suffers from canker.
这棵树患根瘤病。
My dog has a canker sore in its mouth.
我的狗患了口腔溃疡。
指人、动物或植物体表或体内因病变而长出的肿块。
a cancerous/malignant growth
癌性/恶性赘生物
He has a growth on his throat.
他喉咙处上长了一个肿块。
指人或动物身体某部位因病变而长出且迅速增大的肿块。
The surgeon operated on her to remove the tumour.
外科医生给她做手术以切除肿瘤。
The doctor diagnosed the tumour as benign.
医生认为这个肿块是良性的。
相关例句：
Angiogenesis is critical during tumour initiation and malignant progression.
血管生成在肿瘤发生和中起重要作用。
In tumour cells with defects in apoptosis, autophagy allows prolonged survival.
在凋亡缺陷的肿瘤细胞中，自噬延长了生存期。
The course of the disease correlates with the development of the tumour.
病程和肿瘤的发展有相互关系。
However, tumour growth was not affected in mice that lack functional T cells.
然而，在缺乏功能性T细胞小鼠上，肿瘤生长不受影响。
Take it easy, this is a benign tumour.
不用担心，这是个良性肿瘤。
It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.
这不是癌症，只是良性肿瘤。