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tumour

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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
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Noun1.tumourtumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
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
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

tumour U.S. tumor
noun growth, cancer, swelling, lump, carcinoma Pathology sarcoma Medical neoplasm Medical
Translations

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

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

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When the fourteen years which Nature permits Are closing in asthma, or tumour, or fits, And the vet's unspoken prescription runs To lethal chambers or loaded guns, Then you will find--it's your own affair But .
"Now, as regards this swelling," he was saying, as he began a belated and distant examination of Kwaque's affliction, "I should say, at a glance, that it is neither tumour nor cancer, nor is it even a boil.
A cancer, a tumour, or something of that nature,--a thing that devours and destroys.
 
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