tumor

See also Tumor, tumör, and tümör

English

Wikipedia

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: /tjuː.mə(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /tju:.m@(r)/
• Rhymes: -uːmə(r)

Noun

tumor (plural tumors)

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

Synonyms

• (an abnormal growth): neoplasm

Hyponyms

• (an abnormal growth): adenoma, granuloma
• See also Wikisaurus:tumor

Derived terms

• tumorigenesis

Translations

oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth

Catalan: tumor (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 腫瘤 (cmn), 肿瘤 (cmn) (zhǒngliú), 瘤子 (cmn) (liúzi) Czech: nádor (cs) m. Dutch: tumor (nl) m., gezwel (nl) n. Finnish: kasvain (fi) French: tumeur (fr) f. German: Tumor (de) m. Greek: όγκος (el) (ógkos) m. Ancient: ἀθήρωμα (athērōma) n. Icelandic: æxli (is) n., hnútur (is) m. Italian: tumore (it) m.

Japanese: 腫瘍 (ja) (しゅよう, shuyō) Korean: 종양 (ko) (腫瘍, jongyang) Polish: guz (pl) m. Portuguese: tumor (pt) m. Russian: опухоль (ru) (ópuxol') f. Scots: clyre Scottish Gaelic: pluc (gd) m. Spanish: tumor (es) m. Swedish: tumör (sv) Turkish: tümör (tr), ur (tr) !Xóõ: gǁkxʻáã

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Catalan

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Noun

tumor m. (plural tumors)

1. tumor

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

tumor m. (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje)

1. tumour, swelling

Synonyms

• gezwel

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Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I bulge, swell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈtu.mor/

Noun

tumor (genitive tumōris); m, 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.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tumor	tumōrēs
genitive	tumōris	tumōrum
dative	tumōrī	tumōribus
accusative	tumōrem	tumōrēs
ablative	tumōre	tumōribus
vocative	tumor	tumōrēs

Synonyms

• (swelling): tumentia, tumiditās

Derived terms

• tumōrōsus

Related terms

tumefaciō tumentia tumeō tumēscō

tumidē tumiditās tumidō tumidōsus

tumidulus tumidus tumulāmen

tumulō tumulōsus tumulus

Descendants

Catalan: tumor English: tumor French: tumeur

Italian: tumore Portuguese: tumor Spanish: tumor

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tûːmor/
• Hyphenation: tu‧mor

Noun

tȗmor m. (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

1. tumor

Declension

    declension of tumor

	singular	plural
nominative	tumor	tumori
genitive	tumora	tumora
dative	tumoru	tumorima
accusative	tumor	tumore
vocative	tumoru	tumori
locative	tumoru	tumorima
instrumental	tumorom	tumorima

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Spanish

Noun

tumor m. (plural tumores)

1. tumor