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tu·mor

 (to͞o′mər, tyo͞o′-)
n.
1. An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled, progressive multiplication of cells and serving no physiological function; a neoplasm.
2. A swollen part; a swelling: a plant tumor.

[Middle English tumour, from Latin tumor, from tumēre, to swell; see teuə- in Indo-European roots.]

tu′mor·al, tu′mor·ous adj.
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tu•mor

(ˈtu mər, ˈtyu-)

n.
1. a swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
2. an uncontrolled, abnormal, circumscribed growth of cells in any animal or plant tissue; neoplasm.
Also, esp. Brit.,tu′mour.
[1535–45; < Latin: a swelling =tum(ēre) to swell + -or -or1]
tu′mor•ous, tu′mor•al, adj.
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tu·mor

(to͞o′mər)
An abnormal growth of tissue resulting from uncontrolled growth of cells and serving no function within the body; a cancerous growth. Tumors can be benign (unlikely to spread to other body parts) or malignant (likely to spread). See Note at cancer.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.tumor - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purposetumor - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
growth - (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
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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Translations
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svulst
kasvain
tumor
腫瘍
종양
nádor
tumor
tumör
เนื้องอก
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tumor

وَرَم nádor svulst Tumor όγκος tumor kasvain tumeur tumor tumore 腫瘍 종양 tumor svulst guz tumor опухоль tumör เนื้องอก ur khối u 肿瘤
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tu·mor

n. bulto o hinchazón; tumor.
crecimiento espontáneo de tejido nuevo en masa que no tiene propósito fisiológico alguno;
diffuse ______ difuso;
inflammatory ______ inflamatorio;
medullary ______ medular;
necrotic ______ necrótico;
nonsolid ______ no sólido;
radioresistant ______ radiorresistente;
radiosensitive ______ radiosensitivo;
scirrhous ______ escirroso;
undifferentiated ______ no diferenciado.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

tumor

adj tumoral; n tumor m; benign — tumor benigno; brain — tumor cerebral; desmoid — tumor desmoide; malignant — tumor maligno; Wilms' — tumor de Wilms
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El glioblastoma multiforme es el subtipo mas comun y mas letal de gliomas, cuya incidencia se describe entre 0,6 a 3,7 por 100.000 personas, siendo el tercer tipo tumoral mas frecuentemente reportado, luego de los meningiomas y los tumores pituitarios (Gousias et al., 2009; Lee et al., 2010; Dobes et al., 2011; Gigineishvili et al., 2013; Ostrom et al., 2013), considerado uno de los tumores mas letales en humanos (Dunn et al., 2012).
Case of tumoral melanosis with a massive infiltration of CD163+ and CD68+ macrophages.
Spontaneous regression of multiple tumoral calcinosis in a child.
Se ha informado que las tasas de control tumoral de los meningiomas tratados con radiocirugia estereotactica varian desde el 86 % hasta el 96 % (10, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26).
The location of the gastric cancer, extension of the tumor and tumoral invasion through the course of draining veins of the stomach were reviewed on CT images.
Regorafenib is an oral anti-neoplastic agent that inhibits multi-kinase activity in tumoral cells, affects the tumoral angiogenetic pattern and is used for especially high-grade colorectal tumors and gastrointestinal stromal tumors (1).
In 2006, MF progressed toward a tumoral form with infiltrating plaques and nodules all over his body, the most important being an exophytic one arising from the nasal region.
The histopathologic examination revealedneoplastictissuecomposedofsolid, pseudopapillary structures lined by several layers of tumoral cells which were cytokeratin and EMA positive in immunohistochemistry study.
O que o torna ponto de discussao entre cirurgioes vasculares e endovasculares sobre os melhores tipos de abordagens para tratamento cirurgico desta patologia, com a necessidade ou nao de embolizacao tumoral pre- operatoria (MATTICARI, 1995; FRANCA, 2003; GONZALEZ, 2006; JIMENEZ, 2006).
The tumor was moderately cellular and generally the tumoral cells were scattered in a myxoid stroma.