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protumoral

protumoral adjective: promoting the development of tumors.

Adjective

protumoral (not comparable)

  1. Promoting the development of tumors.
    • The current studies also imply that macrophages may play harmful roles in advanced GC. This finding is in harmony with studies that suggest that the immune microenvironment may be protumoral rather than antitumoral, despite some conflicting data.2015 July 31, “Macrophage Infiltration Induces Gastric Cancer Invasiveness by Activating the β-Catenin Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of protumoral

From pro- + tumoral.

Questions about protumoral

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

Words near protumoral in the dictionary

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

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