Definition of tumor

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Tumor (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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Ripe :: Ripe (superl.) Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc..
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc..
Xanthosis :: Xanthosis (n.) The yellow discoloration often observed in cancerous tumors.
Swaged :: Swagbelly (n.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous..
Atheroma :: Atheroma (n.) An encysted tumor containing curdy matter.
Wem :: Wem (n.) An indolent, encysted tumor of the skin; especially, a sebaceous cyst..
Ganglion :: Ganglion (n.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew..
Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor..
Cancroid :: Cancroid (a.) Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor..
Spavin :: Spavin (n.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed..
Fomentation :: Fomentation (n.) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors..
Osteoma :: Osteoma (n.) A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.
Tumefy :: Tumefy (v. i.) To rise in a tumor; to swell.
Keloid :: Keloid (n.) A keloid tumor.
Ambury :: Ambury (n.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen.
Oncotomy :: Oncotomy (n.) The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument..
Indolent :: Indolent (a.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent tumor..
Ligature :: Ligature (n.) A thread or wire used to remove tumors, etc..
Caricous :: Caricous (a.) Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor..
Taxis :: Taxis (n.) Manipulation applied to a hernial tumor, or to an intestinal obstruction, for the purpose of reducing it..
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