tumor

See also: Tumor, tumör, and tümör

English

Alternative forms

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

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

Noun

tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling)

  1. (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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Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

tumor m (plural tumors)

  1. tumor

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtumor]

Noun

tumor m inan

  1. tumor
    Synonym: nádor

Declension

See also

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Latin tumor.

Noun

tumor c (singular definite tumoren, plural indefinite tumorer)

  1. (oncology) tumour

Declension

Declension of tumor
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tumor tumoren tumorer tumorerne
genitive tumors tumorens tumorers tumorernes

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈty.mɔr/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tu‧mor
  • Rhymes: -ymɔr

Noun

tumor m (plural tumoren or tumors, diminutive tumortje n)

  1. tumour, swelling

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Interlingua

Noun

tumor (plural tumores)

  1. tumor

Latin

Etymology

  • From tumeō (to bulge, swell) +‎ -or.

    Pronunciation

    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.

    Declension

    Third-declension noun.

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Catalan: tumor
    • English: tumor, tumour
    • French: tumeur
    • Italian: tumore
    • Portuguese: tumor
    • Spanish: tumor
    • Romanian: tumoare

    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

    Alternative forms

    • tümur

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tyˈmur/

    Noun

    tumor m (plural tumor)

    1. tumor

    Portuguese

    Etymology

  • Learned borrowing from Latin tumor.

    Pronunciation

     
    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈmoʁ/ [tuˈmoh]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tuˈmoʁ/ [tuˈmoχ]
      • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuˈmoɻ/
     
    • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/
      • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈmo.ɾi/

    • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
    • Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
    • Hyphenation: tu‧mor

    Noun

    tumor m (plural tumores)

    1. (oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth)
    2. 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 inan (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор)

    1. tumor

    Declension

    Declension of tumor
    singular plural
    nominative tumor tumori
    genitive tumora tumora
    dative tumoru tumorima
    accusative tumor tumore
    vocative tumoru tumori
    locative tumoru tumorima
    instrumental tumorom tumorima

    Spanish

    Etymology

    From Latin tumor.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/ [t̪uˈmoɾ]
    • Rhymes: -oɾ
    • Syllabification: tu‧mor

    Noun

    tumor m (plural tumores)

    1. tumor

    Derived terms

    Further reading

    Tagalog

    Etymology

    Borrowed from Spanish tumor, from Latin tumor.

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/ [t̪ʊˈmoɾ]
    • Rhymes: -oɾ
    • Syllabification: tu‧mor

    Noun

    tumór (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜋᜓᜇ᜔)

    1. tumor (US); tumour (UK)
    2. boil
      Synonyms: pigsa, bukol

    See also

    Further reading

    • tumor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018