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tumour

tumour noun: commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.

Noun

tumour (plural tumours)

  1. Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
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tumour meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

tumour in Hindi

tumour
गुमड़ा gumṛā

tumour in Tamil

கட்டி

tumour in Marathi

अर्बुद, ट्यूमर

tumour in Urdu

گمڑا, رسولی, ورم
More languagesFewer languages
tumour in Bengali
টিউমার, অর্বুদ
tumour in Telugu
కణితి, ట్యూమర్
tumour in Malayalam
ട്യൂമർ, റ്റ്യൂമർ, മുഴ, കോശങ്ങളുടെ ക്രമരഹിതമായ വളർച്ച
tumour in Kannada
ಗಂಟು, ಬಾವು, ಗದು, ಗದುವು
tumour in Punjabi
ਟਿਊਮਰ
tumour in Gujarati
ટ્યુમર
tumour in Odia
ଅର୍ବୁଦ, ଟ୍ଯ଼ୁମର, ଟ୍ଯ଼ୁମର୍
tumour in Nepali
ट्युमर, ट्यूमर, अर्बुद

Forms of tumour

pluraltumours

Origin of tumour

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

Words formed from tumour

Phrases with tumour

Questions about tumour

What does tumour mean?
Tumour means commonwealth standard spelling of tumor.
What is tumour in Hindi?
Tumour in Hindi is गुमड़ा (gumṛā). See Tumour meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is tumour?
Tumour is a noun.
What is the plural of tumour?
The plural of tumour is tumours.

Words near tumour in the dictionary

  1. tumors
  2. tumorsphere
  3. tumorspheres
  4. tumorvirus
  5. tumorviruses
  6. tumour
  7. tumour necrosis factor
  8. tumour necrosis factors
  9. tumoural
  10. tumoured
  11. tumouricidal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tumour (page history and authors); गुमड़ा (Hindi) (page history and authors); tumour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tumour (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tumour (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); tumour (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); tumour (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); tumour (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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