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Tumor

//tuː.məɹ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia. US

    "a benign tumor"

  2. 2
    an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose wordnet

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.

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