01 n. 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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A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.(Med.)
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Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.[R.]“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.
Phrases & compounds
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 —
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.