tumor

Alternative forms

• tumour (Commonwealth)

Etymology

From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“I bulge, swell”). English usage attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tjuː.mə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tuː.məɹ/

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• Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun

tumor (plural tumors)

1. (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

References

• tumor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

tumor m (plural tumors)

1. tumor

Noun

tumor m

1. tumor

Further reading

• tumor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• tumor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“I bulge, swell”).

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: tu‧mor

Noun

tumor m (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje n)

1. tumour, swelling

Noun

tumor (plural tumores)

1. tumor

Etymology

From tumeō (“I bulge, swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈtu.mor/, [ˈtʊ.mɔr]

Noun

tumor m (genitive tumōris); third declension

1. The state of being swollen.
2. A swelling, tumor.
3. The swell of the sea.
4. (of the ground) An elevation, swelling.
5. (figuratively) A commotion, fermentation, excitement; arrogance.
6. (rhetoric) An inflated or pompous style, bombast.

References

• tumor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• tumor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tumor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• tumor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

tumor m (plural tumores)

1. (oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth)
2. boil (accumulation of pus)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tûːmor/
• Hyphenation: tu‧mor

Noun

tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

1. tumor

Noun

tumor m (plural tumores)

1. tumor