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<tumour>
<oncology> Tumour like but nonneoplastic overgrowth of tissue that is disordered in structure.
Examples are haemangiomas (that include the vascular naevus or birthmark) and the pigmented naevus mole).
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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