tumor

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See also: Tumor, tumör, and tümör

English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Usage notes

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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Pronunciation

Noun

tumor m (plural tumors)

  1. tumor

Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

tumor m inan

  1. tumor
    Synonym: nádor

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

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Noun

tumor m (plural tumoren or tumors, diminutive tumortje n)

  1. tumour, swelling

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Interlingua

Noun

tumor (plural tumores)

  1. tumor

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    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.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative tumor tumōrēs
    genitive tumōris tumōrum
    dative tumōrī tumōribus
    accusative tumōrem tumōrēs
    ablative tumōre tumōribus
    vocative tumor tumōrēs

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    References

    • 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.

    Piedmontese

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    Noun

    tumor m (plural tumor)

    1. tumor

    Portuguese

    Etymology

      Learned borrowing from Latin tumor.

      Pronunciation

       
       

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

      Noun

      tumor m (plural tumores)

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

      Descendants

      Serbo-Croatian

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

      1. tumor

      Declension

      Declension of tumor
      singular plural
      nominative tumor tumori
      genitive tumora tumora
      dative tumoru tumorima
      accusative tumor tumore
      vocative tumoru tumori
      locative tumoru tumorima
      instrumental tumorom tumorima

      Spanish

      Etymology

      From Latin tumor.

      Pronunciation

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

      Noun

      tumor m (plural tumores)

      1. tumor

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      Tagalog

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Spanish tumor, from Latin tumor.

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      tumór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

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

      See also

      Further reading

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