tumor

== English == === Alternative forms === tumour (Commonwealth) === 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/ (UK) IPA(key): /tɪʊ̯.məɾ/ Rhymes: -uːmə(ɹ) === Noun === tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling) (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. ==== Synonyms ==== (an abnormal growth): neoplasm ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:tumor ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Welsh: tiwmor ==== Translations ==== === References === tumor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [tuˈmur] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [tuˈmor] === Noun === tumor m (plural tumors) tumor == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtumor] === Noun === tumor m inan tumor Synonym: nádor ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== novotvar === Further reading === “tumor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “tumor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Danish == === Etymology === From Latin tumor. === Noun === tumor c (singular definite tumoren, plural indefinite tumorer) (oncology) tumour ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== knude ==== Derived terms ==== hjernetumor === References === “tumor” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“to bulge, swell”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈty.mɔr/ Hyphenation: tu‧mor Rhymes: -ymɔr === Noun === tumor m (plural tumoren or tumors, diminutive tumortje n) tumour, swelling ==== Synonyms ==== gezwel ==== Derived terms ==== hersentumor == Interlingua == === Noun === tumor (plural tumores) tumor ==== Related terms ==== tumoric tumorose == Latin == === Etymology === From tumeō (“to bulge; to swell”) + -or. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊ.mɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtuː.mor] === Noun === tumor m (genitive tumōris); third declension the state of being swollen swelling; tumor Synonyms: tumentia, tumiditās the swell of the sea elevation or swelling in the ground (figuratively) commotion; fermentation; excitement; arrogance (rhetoric) bombast (inflated or pompous style) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === 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, 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) tumor == Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin tumor. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ Hyphenation: tu‧mor === Noun === tumor m (plural tumores) (oncology, pathology) tumor (an abnormal growth) boil (accumulation of pus) Synonyms: abcesso, furúnculo, pústula, carbúnculo, cisto, íngua, bubão ==== Descendants ==== → Hunsrik: Tumoer === Further reading === “tumor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “tumor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tûːmor/ Hyphenation: tu‧mor === Noun === tȗmor m inan (Cyrillic spelling ту̑мор) tumor ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin tumor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tuˈmoɾ/ [t̪uˈmoɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: tu‧mor === Noun === tumor m (plural tumores) tumor ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tumor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == 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) tumor (US); tumour (UK) boil Synonyms: pigsa, bukol ==== See also ==== pamamaga baga === Further reading === “tumor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018