tumor

Senso (Inglese)

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

Frequenza

C1
Pronunciato come (IPA)
/tjuː.mə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

In summary

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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