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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tumour /ˈtjuːmə(r)/ (US tumor)
▶noun a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant.
– derivatives
tumorous adjective.
tumorous adjective.
– origin ME: from L. tumor, from tumere ‘to swell’.
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