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Definition of Tumour
1. Noun. An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
Generic synonyms: Growth
Specialized synonyms: Acanthoma, Skin Tumor, Angioma, Benign Tumor, Benign Tumour, Nonmalignant Neoplasm, Nonmalignant Tumor, Nonmalignant Tumour, Blastocytoma, Blastoma, Embryonal Carcinosarcoma, Brain Tumor, Brain Tumour, Carcinoid, Celioma, Granuloma, Adipose Tumor, Lipoma, Malignant Neoplasm, Malignant Tumor, Metastatic Tumor, Meningioma, Neurilemoma, Neurofibroma, Neuroma, Phaeochromocytoma, Pheochromocytoma, Pinealoma, Plasmacytoma, Psammoma, Sand Tumor, Teratoma
Derivative terms: Neoplastic
Definition of Tumour
1. Noun. (British spelling) (alternative spelling of tumor) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tumour
1. tumor [n -S] - See also: tumor
Medical Definition of Tumour
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Tumour
Literary usage of Tumour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1858)
"He first noticed, about three years before, a small tumour behind the soft palate,
... I found the tumour filling the pharynx, extending'upwards to the ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"Again, it is beyond doubt that occasionally a tumour, which for years has been
void of the least taint of malignancy, may become converted into an active ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1899)
"This turning-point of Indian historical research was communicated to James Prinsep
and published by him, with a supplementary paper by tumour himself, ..."
4. The Lancet (1898)
"This ligature causes gangrene of the tumour and the portion of liver beyond the
ligature. At the end of ten days or leas the ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1878)
"This mucous covering dips down from the tumour to join the skin, ... In addition
to this tumour there are four smaller ones about the size of peas, ..."
6. A System of Surgery by Frederick Treves, Sir Charles B Ball (1896)
"The tumour is traceable upwards beneath the ribs. 3. tumours of the suprarenal
capsule often encroach on and in great part destroy the kidney. ..."
7. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye by William Mackenzie, Thomas Wharton Jones (1855)
"The capsule part of the tumour is white, very thick, sometimes of considerable
... The removal of such a tumour is most easily effected by dividing it, ..."
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