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See also: Tumor, tumör, and tümör

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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.

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tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling)

  1. (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
    a benign tumor
    a malignant tumor
    brain tumor
    identify tumor
    pancreatic tumor
    remove a tumor
    take a tumor
    stomach tumor

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Tumor is the standard US spelling and an alternative spelling in Canada. Tumour is the standard modern spelling elsewhere.

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Catalan

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tumor m (plural tumors)

  1. tumor

Czech

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tumor m inan

  1. tumor
    Synonym: nádor

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  • tumor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • tumor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (swelling), from tumeō (I bulge, swell).

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tumor m (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje n)

  1. tumour, swelling

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tumor (plural tumores)

  1. tumor
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Latin

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    From tumeō (I bulge, swell) +‎ -or.

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    tumor m (genitive tumōris); third declension

    1. The state of being swollen.
    2. A swelling, tumor.
    3. The swell of the sea.
    4. (of the ground) An elevation, swelling.
    5. (figuratively) A commotion, fermentation, excitement; arrogance.
    6. (rhetoric) An inflated or pompous style, bombast.

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    Third-declension noun.

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    • Catalan: tumor
    • English: tumor, tumour
    • French: tumeur
    • Italian: tumore
    • Portuguese: tumor
    • Spanish: tumor
    • Romanian: tumoare

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    • 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.

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    tumor m (plural tumor)

    1. tumor

    Portuguese

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    Etymology

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      Learned borrowing from Latin tumor.

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      • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
      • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

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      tumor m (plural tumores)

      1. (oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth)
      2. boil (accumulation of pus)
        Synonyms: abcesso, furúnculo, pústula, carbúnculo, cisto, íngua, bubão

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      Serbo-Croatian

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      • IPA(key): /tûːmor/
      • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

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      tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

      1. tumor

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      Spanish

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      From Latin tumor.

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      • IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/ [t̪uˈmoɾ]
      • Rhymes: -oɾ
      • Syllabification: tu‧mor

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      tumor m (plural tumores)

      1. tumor

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      Tagalog

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      Borrowed from Spanish tumor, from Latin tumor.

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      tumór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

      1. tumor (US); tumour (UK)
      2. boil
        Synonyms: pigsa, bukol

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      • tumor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018