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English
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 )
( 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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Translations
oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Afrikaans: gewas (af)
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: وَرَم m ( waram )
Armenian: ուռուցք (hy) ( uṙucʻkʻ )
Azerbaijani: şiş (az)
Bashkir: шеш ( şeş ) , яман шеш ( yaman şeş )
Belarusian: пухлі́на f ( puxlína ) , во́пух m ( vópux )
Bulgarian: тумор (bg) m ( tumor )
Burmese: အကျိတ် (my) ( a.kyit )
Catalan: tumor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 腫瘤 / 肿瘤 (zh) ( zhǒngliú ) , 瘤子 (zh) ( liúzi )
Czech: nádor (cs) m
Danish: svulst (da) c , tumor c
Dutch: tumor (nl) m , gezwel (nl) n
Esperanto: tumoro
Estonian: kasvaja
Finnish: kasvain (fi)
French: tumeur (fr) f
Galician: tumor (gl) m
Georgian: სიმსივნე ( simsivne )
German: Tumor (de) m , Geschwulst (de) f or n
Greek: όγκος (el) m ( ógkos )
Ancient: ἀθήρωμα n ( athḗrōma ) , κανθύλη f ( kanthúlē )
Hindi: फुलाव (hi) m ( phulāv ) , नववर्धन m ( navvardhan ) , ट्यूमर m ( ṭyūmar )
Hungarian: daganat (hu)
Icelandic: æxli n , hnútur m
Irish: siad m
Italian: tumore (it) m
Japanese: 腫瘍 (ja) ( しゅよう, shuyō )
Kannada: ಗಂತಿ (kn) ( ganti ) , ಗಡ್ಡೆ (kn) ( gaḍḍe )
Kazakh: ісік ( ısık )
Khmer: ដុំសាច់ ( domsac )
Korean: 종양(腫瘍) (ko) ( jong'yang )
Lao: ນໍ ( nǭ )
Latin: tumor m
Latvian: audzējs (lv) m
Macedonian: тумор m ( tumor )
Malagasy: fivontosana (mg) , zihitra (mg)
Malay: ketumbuhan , tumor
Maori: tuma , koropuku
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norman: chancre m
Ottoman Turkish: شیش ( şiş ) , ورم ( verem ) , یومرو ( yumru )
Persian: تومور (fa) ( tumor )
Polish: guz (pl) m , nowotwór (pl) m , opuchlizna (pl) f
Portuguese: tumor (pt) m
Romanian: tumoare (ro) f
Russian: о́пухоль (ru) f ( ópuxolʹ )
Scots: clyre
Scottish Gaelic: pluc m , at m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ту̑мор m
Roman: tȗmor (sh) m
Slovak: nádor (sk) m
Spanish: tumor (es) m
Swedish: tumör (sv)
Tamil: கட்டி (ta) ( kaṭṭi )
Tatar: шеш (tt) ( şeş )
Crimean Tatar: şişik
Thai: เนื้องอก (th) ( nʉ́ʉa-ngɔ̂ɔk )
Tibetan: སྐྲན ( skran )
Turkish: tümör (tr) , ur (tr)
Ukrainian: пухли́на f ( puxlýna ) , о́пух m ( ópux )
Uzbek: shish (uz)
Vietnamese: u (vi)
Welsh: tyfiant (cy) m
Yakut: искэн ( isken )
ǃXóõ: gǁkxʻáã
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References
Catalan
Pronunciation
Noun
tumor m (plural tumors )
tumor
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
tumor m inan
tumor
Synonym: nádor
Declension
Declension of tumor (hard masculine inanimate )
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Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From Old French tumour , from Latin tumor ( “ swelling ” ) , from tumeō ( “ I bulge, swell ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
tumor m (plural tumoren or tumors , diminutive tumortje n )
tumour , swelling
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Interlingua
Noun
tumor (plural tumores )
tumor
Latin
Etymology
From tumeō ( “ I bulge, swell ” ) + -or .
Pronunciation
Noun
tumor m (genitive tumōris ) ; third declension
The state of being swollen .
A swelling , tumor .
The swell of the sea .
( of the ground ) An elevation , swelling.
( figuratively ) A commotion , fermentation , excitement ; arrogance .
( rhetoric ) An inflated or pompous style , bombast .
Declension
Third-declension noun.
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Descendants
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
Pronunciation
Noun
tumor m (plural tumor )
tumor
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin tumor .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: ( Portugal, São Paulo ) -oɾ , ( Brazil ) -oʁ
Hyphenation: tu‧mor
Noun
tumor m (plural tumores )
( oncology , pathology ) tumor ( an abnormal growth )
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 )
tumor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin tumor .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /tuˈmoɾ/
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: tu‧mor
Noun
tumor m (plural tumores )
tumor
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish tumor , from Latin tumor .
Pronunciation
Noun
tumór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔ )
tumor ( US ) ; tumour ( UK )
boil
Synonyms: pigsa , bukol
See also
Further reading
“tumor ”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph , Manila, 2018