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tumor.

An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

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Meaning & usage

noun/tjuː.mə/UK/tuː.məɹ/US/tɪʊ̯.məɾ/UK
  1. An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

    US
    a benign tumor
    a malignant tumor
Where this word comes from

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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