tumor

1. n. A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm. Source: opted

2. n. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity. Source: opted

3. n. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose Source: wordnet

4. 1. (Med.) 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

5. A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of thebody; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; aneoplasm. Source: adambom

6. n:100 n. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose Source: ecdict

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