tumor

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tumor

/tjuː.mə/ UK
/tuː.məɹ/ US
/tɪʊ̯.məɾ/ UK

Rhymes with -uːmə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

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.

noun tumors · tumour

US An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. a benign tumor
Similar: neoplasm, tumor, mass, growth

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: neoplasm, tumour, carcinoma, cancer, oncology, lump, growth, mass, neoplasms, tumours, lesion, neoplasia, cyst, sarcoma, adenoma, malignancy

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noun oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth

Español	tumor
한국어	종양 jong'yang
日本語	腫瘍 shuyō
中文	腫瘤 /肿瘤 zhǒngliú, 瘤子 liúzi
हिन्दी	फुलाव phulāv, नववर्धन navvardhan, ट्यूमर ṭyūmar
Português	tumor
Français	tumeur
Deutsch	Tumor, Geschwulst
Italiano	tumore
Ελληνικά	όγκος ógkos
Română	tumoare
Русский	о́пухоль ópuxolʹ
Tiếng Việt	u
العربية	وَرَم waram

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@misc{tumor_2026,
  title = {tumor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}