Meanings
nountumor (plural tumors)
plural tumors · alternative tumour
- USmedicineAn abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
brain tumor
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a malignant tumor
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Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-“to swell”
- Proto-Italic*tumēō
- Latintumor“swelling”
- Old Frenchtumour
- Middle Englishtumour
- Englishtumor
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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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans gewas
- gewasoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Ancient Greek ἀθήρωμα, κανθύλη
- ἀθήρωμα (athḗrōma)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- κανθύλη (kanthúlē)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Arabic وَرَم
- وَرَم (waram)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Bulgarian тумор
- тумор (tumor)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Catalan tumor
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Chinese Mandarin 腫瘤 /肿瘤, 瘤子
- 腫瘤 /肿瘤 (zhǒngliú)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- 瘤子 (liúzi)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Czech nádor
- nádoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Danish svulst, tumor
- svulstoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Dutch tumor, gezwel
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- gezweloncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Esperanto tumoro
- tumorooncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Estonian kasvaja
- kasvajaoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Finnish kasvain
- kasvainoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
French tumeur
- tumeuroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
German Tumor, Geschwulst
- Tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- Geschwulstoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Greek όγκος
- όγκος (ógkos)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Hindi फुलाव, नववर्धन
- फुलाव (phulāv)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- नववर्धन (navvardhan)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- ट्यूमर (ṭyūmar)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Hungarian daganat
- daganatoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Icelandic æxli, hnútur
- æxlioncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- hnúturoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Irish siad
- siadoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Italian tumore
- tumoreoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Japanese 腫瘍
- 腫瘍 (shuyō)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Korean 종양
- 종양 (jong'yang)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Latin tumor
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Latvian audzējs
- audzējsoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Malay ketumbuhan, tumor
- ketumbuhanoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Māori tuma, koropuku
- tumaoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- koropukuoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Persian تومور
- تومور (tumor)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Polish guz, nowotwór
- guzoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- nowotwóroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- opuchliznaoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Portuguese tumor
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Romanian tumoare
- tumoareoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Russian о́пухоль
- о́пухоль (ópuxolʹ)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Scottish Gaelic pluc, at
- pluconcology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- atoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Slovak nádor
- nádoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Spanish tumor
- tumoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Swedish tumör
- tumöroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Tamil கட்டி
- கட்டி (kaṭṭi)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Thai เนื้องอก
- เนื้องอก (nʉ́ʉa-ngɔ̂ɔk)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Turkish tümör, ur
- tümöroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- uroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- veremoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Ukrainian пухли́на, о́пух
- пухли́на (puxlýna)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
- о́пух (ópux)oncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Vietnamese u
- uoncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
Welsh tiwmor
- tiwmoroncology, pathology: an abnormal growth
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Cite this entry
APA
tumor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumor
MLA
“tumor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tumor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tumor.
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