tumour
noun
[ ˈtjuːmə ]
• a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
Similar:
cancerous growth,
malignant growth,
cancer,
malignancy,
lump,
growth,
swelling,
carcinoma,
sarcoma,
melanoma,
lymphoma,
myeloma,
neoplasm,
metastasis,
neurofibroma,
teratoma,
fibroadenoma,
meningioma,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin tumor, from tumere ‘to swell’.
