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warts

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plural of wart

as in tumors

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Zoledronate might also offer a way to increase the number and activity of these immune cells, while tarlatamab could help direct their attack towards tumors.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Traditionally, doctors have had to wait until tumors became visible on imaging—which can take months or even years.

— Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tumors

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New Yale research may help explain why some patients with a small number of growths experience debilitating pain, while others with more widespread disease do not have symptoms.

— Isabella Backman, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026
Uterine fibroids are common, noncancerous growths of the uterus that often appear during a person’s reproductive years, according to the Mayo Clinic.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of growths

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Burls are sound, hard, woody swellings or protrusions that form on the trunks, branches, or roots of trees.

— Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026
This microscopic roundworm lays its eggs in root tissues, causing swellings or galls to develop on infected roots.

— Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 21 June 2026

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And just to take a step back, legumes are this incredible family of plants in nature that form nodules that are full of something called rhizobia, which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Deep-sea mining companies are targeting this vast reserves of metal-rich nodules to power the electric vehicle market.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of nodules

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The networks learn to recognize patterns by strengthening and weakening connections between nodes in response to training data.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Inventory, rates and content move across these multiple nodes before a customer ever sees a booking option.

— Sanjay Ghare, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of nodes

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For 2026-2027, however, many ticket tiers remain unchanged, while those that are rising are seeing some of the smallest bumps in recent memory.

— Tom Tapp, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
In a more recent video, Dykes shared that a few other bumps in the road had come up as the group continued to make their way over the border between the Central African Republic and Cameroon.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2026

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