tumour
noun/ˈtjuːmə(r)/
/ˈtuːmər/
(US English tumor)
- a mass of cells growing in or on a part of the body where they should not, usually causing medical problems
- a brain tumour
- a benign/malignant (= harmless/harmful) tumour
Extra ExamplesTopics Health problemsc1- a primary tumour in the breast
- They were relieved to hear that the tumour was benign.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- cancerous
- malignant
- benign
- …
- diagnose
- remove
- shrink
- …
- cell
- tissue
- formation
- …
- tumour in
- tumour of
- tumour on
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin tumor, from tumere ‘to swell’.Definitions on the go
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