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.

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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

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Noun

tumor m inan

  1. tumor
    Synonym: nádor

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Further reading

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

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, diminutive tumortje n)

  1. tumour, swelling

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Interlingua

Noun

tumor (plural tumores)

  1. tumor

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Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (“I bulge, swell”) +‎ -or.

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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.

Case 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

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  • 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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

  1. tumor

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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

  • IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/,
  • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

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
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