Tumor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tumor \Tu"mor\ (t[=u]"m[~e]r), n. [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf.
     F. tume['u]r. See {Tumid}.]
     1. (Med.) A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any
        part of the body; especially, a growth produced by
        deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
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     2. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions;
        false magnificence or sublimity. [R.]
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              Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a
              revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men
              into habits of intellect such as result from the
              modern vice of English style.         --De Quincey.
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     {Encysted tumor}, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane
        called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the
        neighboring cellular substance.
  
     {Fatty tumor}. See under {Fatty}.
  
     {Innocent tumor}, or {Benign tumor}, one which does not of
        itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur
        after extirpation; a tumor which has not metastesized.
  
     {Malignant tumor}, a tumor which tends continually to spread,
        to become generalized in different parts of the body, and
        to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself,
        causes death.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tumor
       n : an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose [syn:
           {tumour}, {neoplasm}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  122 Moby Thesaurus words for "tumor":
     abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation,
     asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, benign tumor, bleeding,
     blennorhea, boil, bump, bunion, cachexia, cachexy, callosity,
     callus, cancer, carbuncle, carcinoma, chill, chills, colic,
     constipation, convulsion, corn, coughing, cyanosis, cyst, diarrhea,
     dilatation, dilation, distension, dizziness, dropsy, dysentery,
     dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, excrescence, fainting,
     fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, fungosity, fungus, furuncle,
     growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension,
     hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia,
     intumescence, itching, jaundice, labored breathing,
     low blood pressure, lumbago, lump, malignancy, malignant growth,
     marasmus, melanoma, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth,
     nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, neoplasm, nevus,
     nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, pain, paralysis, pimple, pock,
     protuberance, proud flesh, pruritus, pustule, rash, rheum, rising,
     sarcoma, sclerosis, sebaceous cyst, seizure, shock, skin eruption,
     sneezing, sore, spasm, swell, swelling, swollenness, tabes,
     tachycardia, tumefaction, tumescence, tumidity, turgescence,
     turgescency, turgidity, upset stomach, verruca, vertigo, vomiting,
     wart, wasting, wen