different between tumour vs tumescence
tumour
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)
- (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)
- tumour (abnormal or morbid bodily growth)
- 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)
- tumor (abnormal swelling of an animal's living tissue)
- 1288, Somme Me Gautier
- Tumour ou enflour
- 1288, Somme Me Gautier
Descendants
- French: tumeur
- ? Middle English: tumour
- English: tumour, tumor
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tumescence
English
Etymology
First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumesc?ns (“swelling”), present participle of tum?sc? (“I begin to swell”), from tume? (“I swell”) + -?sc? (“I become”) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh?- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /tju??m?s?ns/
Noun
tumescence (countable and uncountable, plural tumescences)
- A swelling due to the presence of fluid.
- A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue.
Synonyms
- tumidity
- turgescence
- turgidity
- turgor
Derived terms
- detumescence
Related terms
Translations
References
French
Noun
tumescence f (plural tumescences)
- tumescence
Derived terms
- détumescence
- intumescence
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