to tumor
1
9.9
- verb
- /ˈtjuːmər/
- Specialized
:
formar un tumor
- Doctors monitored the area closely to see if it would tumor again after surgery.
Examples
-
The doctors are tumoring the tissue to see if it spreads.
-
I heard that she tumored after the treatment.
-
The tissue tumored rapidly after the initial diagnosis, alarming the medical team.
-
If left untreated, the organ may tumor and cause further complications.
-
The doctors monitored how the cells could tumor in response to the treatment.
-
Researchers investigated how certain chemicals could tumor healthy tissue into abnormal growth.
-
The rare genetic mutation may tumor previously healthy organs over time.
Synonyms
1
9.9
To become ill when abnormal cells grow and spread
Compounds
- Specialized
3
3.4
A growth in the body that is not cancer and does not spread to other parts
- Specialized
2
4.6
A non-cancer growth in the womb made of firm tissue that can cause heavy bleeding
- Specialized
1
6.0
A cancer of the kidney in young children that often causes a belly lump
- Specialized
A growth that is not cancer and does not spread to other parts of the body
- Specialized
A noncancerous growth of thin skin-like cells that makes a small nipple-shaped bump
- Specialized
A growth in the coverings or inner parts of the brain that contains sandlike particles
- Specialized
Some white blood cells make a protein that causes inflammation and can kill cancer cells
- Specialized
A non-cancerous, usually painless lump in the gland that makes saliva near the ear
- Specialized
A plant virus spread by small jumping insects that causes growths on plants
How Large
259
2.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
1
9.5
- Specialized
1
8.1
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb tumor is from the same Latin root tumēre 'to swell', so to tumor means to become swollen or to form that lump of extra tissue.