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S: NCBI – https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10816510/ (last access: 27 June 2024); SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbiology/inflammation-response (last access: 27 June 2024).
N: 1. early 15c., from Latin tumor “swelling, condition of being swollen, a tumor,” from tumere “to swell” (see tumid).
2. A swollen part; swelling; protuberance.
An uncontrolled, abnormal, circumscribed growth of cells in any animal or plant tissue; neoplasm.
Archaic. 1. inflated pride; haughtiness. 2. pompous language; bombast.
3. Signs of inflammation: The four cardinal signs of inflammation—redness (Latin rubor), heat (calor), swelling (tumor), and pain (dolor)—were described in the 1st century ad by the Roman medical writer Aulus Cornelius Celsus. Redness is caused by the dilation of small blood vessels in the area of injury. Heat results from increased blood flow through the area and is experienced only in peripheral parts of the body such as the skin. Fever is brought about by chemical mediators of inflammation and contributes to the rise in temperature at the injury. Swelling, called edema, is caused primarily by the accumulation of fluid outside the blood vessels. The pain associated with inflammation results in part from the distortion of tissues caused by edema, and it also is induced by certain chemical mediators of inflammation, such as bradykinin, serotonin, and the prostaglandins.
4. Collocations:
- Adj.: cancerous | malignant | benign | primary | brain, breast, kidney, etc.
- Verb + tumour: diagnose | remove.
- Tumour + noun: cell, tissue | formation, growth | virus.
- Prep.: ~ in a primary tumour in the breast | ~ on a malignant tumour on the eyelid.
5. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the novel The Fault In Our Stars (2012) written by John Green and the book The Tumor: A Non-Legal Thriller (2016) by John Grisham.
S: 1. Etymonline – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=tumor&searchmode=none (last access: 5 September 2014). 2. DICT – https://www.dictionary.com/browse/tumor (last access: 27 June 2024). 3. EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/science/inflammation (last access: 27 June 2024). 4. OD – http://oxforddictionary.so8848.com/search?word=tumour (last access: 11 June 2015). 5. GR – http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11870085-the-fault-in-our-stars (last access: 18 June 2016); Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/Tumor-Non-Legal-Thriller-John-Grisham-ebook/dp/B01AUYDNI6 (last access: 18 June 2016).
OV: tumour (UK)
S: EncBrit – https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/tumor (last access: 27 June 2024)
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CR: cancer, carcinoma, cyst, leukemia, lymphoma, melanoma, neoplasia, quadrantanopia, sarcoma, serotonin, spondylolisthesis.
