tumour

tumour or US tumor [tew-mer]

Noun

Pathol

a. any abnormal swelling

b. a mass of tissue formed by a new growth of cells [Latin tumere to swell]

tumorous adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose neoplasm, tumor growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) acanthoma, skin tumor - a neoplasm originating in the epidermis angioma - a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour - a tumor that is not cancerous blastocytoma, blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma - a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells brain tumor, brain tumour - a tumor in the brain carcinoid - a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin celioma - an abdominal tumor granuloma - a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection adipose tumor, lipoma - a tumor consisting of fatty tissue malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body meningioma - a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant neurilemoma, neurofibroma - tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve neuroma - any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma - a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension pinealoma - tumor of the pineal gland plasmacytoma - neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow) psammoma, sand tumor - a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles teratoma - a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site

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tumour U.S. tumor

noun growth, cancer, swelling, lump, carcinoma Pathology sarcoma Medical neoplasm Medical

Translations

tumour, tumor (US) [ˈtjuːməʳ] n → tumor m

tumour (US), tumor [ˈtjuːməʳ] n → tumeur f

tumour (US) tumor [ˈtjuːməʳ] n (Med) → Tumor m, Geschwulst f

tumour (US), tumor [ˈtjuːməʳ] n → tumore m

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tumour

n tumour [ˈtjuːmə]

an abnormal (dangerous) mass of tissue growing on or in the body a brain tumour; The surgeon removed a tumour from her bladder.gewasوَرَمтуморnádorsvulst; tumorder Tumorόγκος, καρκίνοςtumorkasvajaتومورkasvaintumeurגִידוּלगिल्टीtumordaganattumoræxlitumoreはれもの종양auglysaudzējstumortumorsvulstguztumortumoareопухольnádortumortumortumörเนื้องอกtümör, ur腫瘤пухлинаگومڑاkhối u肿瘤