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tu·mor

tumor

 
 
pronunciation:
tu mr
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Word Combinations (noun)
part of speech: noun
definition 1: an abnormal mass of diseased tissue that arises from normal tissue in the body and serves no physiological purpose.
The surgeon removed the cancerous tumor.
similar words:
growth
definition 2: any swollen part.
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derivations: tumoral (adj.), tumorlike (adj.), tumorous (adj.)