tumour

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tumour

Where it comes from

From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.

noun tumours

Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor. At this time, and at another occasion when she feared she had a brain tumour, she “consulted Dr Google”.

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Closest in meaning: neoplasm, tumor, carcinoma, cancer, oncology, oncological, lump, growth, frontal, malignant, dormancy, neoplasms, swelling, lesion, mass, malignancy

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"tumour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tumour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tumour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tumour

Chicago

"tumour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tumour.

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@misc{tumour_2026,
  title = {tumour},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tumour},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}