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protumor

protumor adjective: promoting the development of tumors.

Adjective

protumor (not comparable)

  1. Promoting the development of tumors.
    • The importance of Th2 cytokines, including IL-4, IL-10, and IL-13, in the regulation of the protumor functions of TAMs has also been demonstrated in human lung adenocarcinomas.2015 August 5, Kazumasa Mori et al., “Tumor-associated macrophages in oral premalignant lesions coexpress CD163 and STAT1 in a Th1-dominated microenvironment”, in BMC Cancer, volume 15, →DOI

Origin of protumor

From pro- + tumor.

Questions about protumor

What does protumor mean?
Protumor means promoting the development of tumors.
What part of speech is protumor?
Protumor is an adjective.

Words near protumor in the dictionary

  1. protuberation
  2. protuberations
  3. protuberosities
  4. protuberosity
  5. protuberous
  6. protumor
  7. protumoral
  8. protumorgenic
  9. protumorigenic
  10. protumour
  11. protumourigenic

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