Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protumoral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-tu-moral
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Promoting the development of tumors.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From pro- + tumoral.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pro

Questions

What does protumoral mean?: Promoting the development of tumors.
Where does protumoral come from?: From pro- + tumoral.

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