tumor

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.

noun

  1. (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
    remove a tumor
    take a tumor
    identify tumor
    a benign tumor
    a malignant tumor
    stomach tumor
    brain tumor
    pancreatic tumor

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