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.
Example Sentences for fume. 1  It is first found, in spite of the fume of the engines, in Howrah Station. 2  Fiorsen was standing at the window in a fume of cigarette smoke. 3  Put them upon a plate of iron, or of warmed copper: and if they fume not, it is a signe they are all deprived of their spirits.