different between nodule vs tumour

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”), from n?dus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??d??u?l/

Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

1. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Louden, edunol, louden, louned

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”).

Noun

nodule m (plural nodules)

1. nodule, lump

Further reading

• “nodule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ondule, ondulé

Latin

Noun

n?dule

1. vocative singular of n?dulus

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tumour (plural tumours)

1. (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

Usage notes

Tumour is the favoured spelling throughout the English-speaking world with the exception of the United States, where tumor is standard.

Derived terms

• tumourigenesis

Translations

Middle English

Etymology

From Old French tumour, from Latin tumor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tiu?mur/, /tiu??mu?r/

Noun

tumour (plural tumours) (Late Middle English)

1. tumour (abnormal or morbid bodily growth)
2. The growth of tumours or boils.

Descendants

• English: tumour, tumor

References

• “tum?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-30.

Old French

Alternative forms

• tumeur

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tumor.

Noun

tumour f (oblique plural tumours, nominative singular tumour, nominative plural tumours)

1. tumor (abnormal swelling of an animal's living tissue)
   • 1288, Somme Me Gautier

     Tumour ou enflour

Descendants

• French: tumeur
• ? Middle English: tumour
  • English: tumour, tumor