tumor

Pronunciation: /tjuː.mə/

The English word “tumor” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Etymology

From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.

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