tumor

See also: Tumor, tumör, and tümör

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (swelling), from tumeō (I bulge, swell). English usage attested since the 16th century.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tjuː.mə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tuː.məɹ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ)

Noun

tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling)

  1. (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

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

Noun

tumor m (plural tumors)

  1. tumor

Czech

Noun

tumor m

  1. tumor

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See also

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

Noun

tumor m (plural tumoren, diminutive tumortje n)

  1. tumour, swelling

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Interlingua

Noun

tumor (plural tumores)

  1. tumor

Latin

Etymology

From tumeō (I bulge, swell).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.mor/, [ˈtʊ.mɔr]

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.

Inflection

Third declension.

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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Portuguese

Noun

tumor m (plural tumores)

  1. (oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth)
  2. boil (accumulation of pus)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tȗmor m (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

  1. tumor

Declension


Spanish

Noun

tumor m (plural tumores)

  1. tumor
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