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INNOCENT TUMOR

\ˈɪnəsənt tjˈuːmə], \ˈɪnəsənt tjˈuːmə], \ˈɪ_n_ə_s_ə_n_t t_j_ˈuː_m_ə]\

Definitions of INNOCENT TUMOR

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A t. which affects the patient solely through its local influence, which has little disposition to soften or ulcerate, and has no tendency to multiplication in other tissues or to involve the absorbents with which it is connected.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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