tumour
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tumour
(ˈtjuːmə) ortumor
n
1. (Pathology) pathol
a. any abnormal swelling
b. a mass of tissue formed by a new growth of cells, normally independent of the surrounding structures
2. obsolete pompous style or language
[C16: from Latin, from tumēre to swell]
ˈtumorous, ˈtumoral adj
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| Noun | 1. |  tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purposegrowth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) acanthoma, skin tumor - a neoplasm originating in the epidermis angioma - a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour - a tumor that is not cancerous blastocytoma, blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma - a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells brain tumor, brain tumour - a tumor in the brain carcinoid - a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin celioma - an abdominal tumor granuloma - a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection adipose tumor, lipoma - a tumor consisting of fatty tissue malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body meningioma - a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant neurilemoma, neurofibroma - tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve neuroma - any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma - a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension pinealoma - tumor of the pineal gland plasmacytoma - neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow) psammoma, sand tumor - a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles teratoma - a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site |
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tumour
noun growth, cancer, swelling, lump, carcinoma (Pathology), sarcoma (Medical), neoplasm (Medical) He died of a brain tumour.
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nádor
svulsttumor
kasvain
tumor
æxli
腫瘍
종양
audzējs
tumör
เนื้องอก
khối u
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tumour
, (US) tumorCollins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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tumour
(American) tumor (ˈtjuːmə) noun an abnormal (dangerous) mass of tissue growing on or in the body. a brain tumour; The surgeon removed a tumour from her bladder.
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tumour
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