Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tumorigenesis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: tu-mori-ge-n-e-sis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Production of a new tumor or tumors.

noun

The process involved in the production of a new tumor or tumors.

Etymology

Etymology tree English tumor Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English tumorigenesis From tumor + -i- + -genesis.

Inflected Forms

tumorigeneses (plural) tumorgenesis (alternative) tumourigenesis (alternative)

Derived Forms

antitumorigenesis hepatotumorigenesis

Frequently Paired Words

tumorigenicity tumorigenic tumor

Questions

What does tumorigenesis mean?: Production of a new tumor or tumors.
Where does tumorigenesis come from?: Etymology tree English tumor Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English tumorigenesis From tumor + -i- + -genesis.

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