tumor
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- tumour (Commonwealth)
Etymology[edit]
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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling)
- (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
Usage notes[edit]
Tumor is the standard US spelling and an alternative spelling in Canada. Tumour is the standard modern spelling elsewhere.
Synonyms[edit]
- (an abnormal growth): neoplasm
Hyponyms[edit]
- (an abnormal growth): primary brain tumor
- See also Thesaurus:tumor
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Translations[edit]
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References[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (plural tumors)
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m inan
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- tumor in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- tumor in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“I bulge, swell”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje n)
Synonyms[edit]
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Interlingua[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor (plural tumores)
Related terms[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From tumeō (“I bulge, swell”) + -or.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.mor/, [ˈt̪ʊmɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.mor/, [ˈt̪uːmor]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (genitive tumōris); third declension
- The state of being swollen.
- A swelling, tumor.
- The swell of the sea.
- (of the ground) An elevation, swelling.
- (figurative) A commotion, fermentation, excitement; arrogance.
- (rhetoric) An inflated or pompous style, bombast.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tumor | tumōrēs |
Genitive | tumōris | tumōrum |
Dative | tumōrī | tumōribus |
Accusative | tumōrem | tumōrēs |
Ablative | tumōre | tumōribus |
Vocative | tumor | tumōrēs |
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Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tumor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Piedmontese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (plural tumor)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (plural tumores)
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)
Declension[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumor m (plural tumores)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tumor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish tumor, from Latin tumor.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tumór
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “tumor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewh₂-
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