Synonym: neoplasm, tumor. Similar words: tumor, rumour, humour, posthumous, posthumously, humor, rumor, humorous. Meaning: ['tuːmə(r) /'tju-] 
n. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
n. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose. 211. The preserved perirenal fat attached to the tumour is grasped and placed on counter-traction to elevate the tumour away from the tumour bed.
212. It can also show whether tumour cells have crept onto nerve fibres, something that is now left to a biopsy or a surgeon's best guess.
213. Result The high-risk factors associated with MPE were tumour and pelvic operation.
214. I can recall a case of palliation and regression of a spindle-cell tumour on the gingival margin of a Fox Terrier.