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Word entry · 5 letters

tumor

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"Abnormal growth"

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5 lettersPronunciation /tjuː.mə/Part of speech nounSorted mortuStarts with TEnds with R1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (TUMOR).

Definitions

  1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

Word origin

From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Italic *tumēō, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb.

Used in a sentence

  • a benign tumor
  • a malignant tumor
  • brain tumor

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