"tumors" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 肿瘤

Definition

肿瘤是体内细胞异常生长形成的团块或肿块。有些肿瘤是良性的，不会扩散；有些则是恶性的，可能发展为癌症。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“肿瘤”在医学和医院环境中很常见，包括良性和恶性两种，并不等于“癌症”。常见表达有“良性肿瘤”、“恶性肿瘤”、“切除肿瘤”。不要和“囊肿”（液体囊泡）或“一般的肿块”混淆。

Examples

Doctors found two tumors in his lung.

医生在他的肺里发现了两个**肿瘤**。

Some tumors can be treated with medicine.

有些**肿瘤**可以用药物治疗。

Tumors are not always cancerous.

**肿瘤**并不总是癌症。

She's worried because the doctors want to test those tumors they found.

她很担心，因为医生想检测发现的那些**肿瘤**。

After surgery, most of the tumors were gone, but he still needs more treatment.

手术后，大部分**肿瘤**已经消除，但他仍需进一步治疗。

Some people live with benign tumors their whole lives and never have symptoms.

有些人会一辈子带着良性**肿瘤**，从不出现症状。