Meaning

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

    a benign tumor

    a malignant tumor

    Tumor, Geschwulst

    о́пухольópuxolʹ

    пухли́наpuxlýna, о́пухópux

More definitions
  • an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

Examples

57 sentences
  1. I have a brain tumor.

    У мене пухлина мозку. — deniko

    ruУ меня опухоль мозга. — marafon

    deIch habe einen Hirntumor. — Luiaard

  2. The tumor was benign.

    Пухлина була доброякісною. — deniko

    ruОпухоль была доброкачественной. — Ooneykcall

    deDer Tumor war gutartig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. The tumor seems to be benign.

    ruОпухоль, похоже, доброкачественная. — marafon

    deDer Tumor scheint gutartig zu sein. — mairyu

  4. The doctor said I have a brain tumor.

  5. Tom's father was diagnosed with a brain tumor last year.

    deToms Vater wurde im letzten Jahr ein Gehirntumor diagnostiziert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

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oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth:
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oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth:
Deutsch
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oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth:

Origin

From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tu

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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