Risks of testing for prostate cancer include: 1  a raised PSA level does not always indicate prostate cancer and biopsies will be needed to check if cancer is present. 2  biopsies and treatments for prostate cancer have harmful side-effects that may affect quality of life.
fume (plural fumes) 1  A gas or vapour/vapor that smells strongly or is dangerous to inhale. Fumes are solid particles formed by condensation from the gaseous state, e.g. metal oxides from volatilized metals. 2  A material that has been vaporized from the solid state to the gas state and re-coalesced to the solid state.
from The American HeritageÂ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition. 1  A heavy, stale atmosphere, especially the musty air of an overcrowded or poorly ventilated room: In spite of the open windows the stench had become a reeking fugâ (Colleen McCullough). think this book should have been called An Abundance of Fugs, mainly because the word fug (or some variation thereof) is used about 7500 times (not that I counted). An Abundance of Katherines -- John Green.