How do you pronounce tumor?

The recorded pronunciation is /tuː.məɹ/.

Where does tumor come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

tumor

/tuː.məɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English

Syllables: tu-mor
IPA: /tuː.məɹ/

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Meaning

noun

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

American usage

Example Sentences

"a benign tumor"
"a malignant tumor"
"brain tumor"
"identify tumor"
"pancreatic tumor"
"remove a tumor"

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *tewh₂-, tumour, tumor, *tumēō

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /tuː.məɹ/
British English: /tjuː.mə/

Usage

American usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

tumors (plural) tumour (alternative)

Derived Forms

antitumor hypertumor intratumor microtumor neurotumor nontumor peritumor posttumor pretumor protumor pseudotumor tumorectomy

Phrases

aniridia-Wilms' tumor syndrome devil facial tumor disease tumor necrosis factor Wilms' tumor -oma

Frequently Paired Words

contumely tumescent tumid tumult :Category:Oncology -oma

Synonyms

neoplasm tumor mass growth tumour

Rhymes With

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