protumoral

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adjective

Promoting the development of tumors.

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Meanings

adjectiveprotumoral (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePromoting 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

From pro- + tumoral.

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APA

protumoral. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protumoral

MLA

“protumoral.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protumoral. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “protumoral,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/protumoral.

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