tumor

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See also Tumor, tumör, and tümör

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Etymology [edit]

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

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tumor (plural tumors)

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

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Tumor is the standard American spelling, and tumour the standard modern spelling elsewhere.

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Catalan [edit]

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tumor m (plural tumors)

  1. tumor

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tumor m (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje)

  1. tumour, swelling

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Latin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From tumeō (I bulge, swell).

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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.

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

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

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  • IPA: /tûːmor/
  • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

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tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

  1. tumor

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tumor m (plural tumores)

  1. tumor