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protumour

protumour is the alternative form of protumor.

Meaning of protumor

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 protumour

From pro- + tumour.

Questions about protumour

What is protumour the alternative form of?
Protumour is the alternative form of protumor.

Words near protumour in the dictionary

  1. protuberous
  2. protumor
  3. protumoral
  4. protumorgenic
  5. protumorigenic
  6. protumour
  7. protumourigenic
  8. protungulate
  9. proturan
  10. proturans
  11. protusible

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