tumor, tumour, neoplasm
(noun) an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tumor (plural tumors) (American spelling)
(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
Tumor is the standard US spelling and an alternative spelling in Canada. Tumour is the standard modern spelling elsewhere.
• (an abnormal growth): neoplasm
• (an abnormal growth): primary brain tumor
• See also tumor
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"mor, n. Etym: [L., fr. tumere to swell: cf. F. tumeĂşr. See Tumid.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.
2. 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. 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.
– 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
14 April 2025
(noun) maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system; “in focus”; “out of focus”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
