| 释义 |
tu·mor
\ˈt(y)ümə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Usage: see -or
Etymology: Latin, from tumēre to swell — more at thumb
1. obsolete : tumidity
2.
a. : a swollen or distended part : swelling, protuberance
< houses that bulged with the tumors and warts of … ornamental architecture — W.A.White >
b. : a mass of abnormal tissue growing in or on the plant or animal body; specifically : such a mass of noninflammatory and independent tissue arising without obvious cause from cells of preexistent tissue, possessing no physiologic function, and characteristically unrestrained in growth and structure — compare cancer, neoplasm, sarcoma
3. archaic
a. : swelling conceit : arrogance
< the tumor of insolence — Samuel Johnson >
b. : turgidity of style : bombast
< style … so far from tumor that it rather wanted a little elevation — Henry Wotton > |