tumour

IPA/ˈtjuːmə(r)/
IPA/ˈtuːmər/

tumour — noun

  • tumoursingular
  • tumoursplural

1. An unusual lump inside or on the body that forms when cells grow in an uncontrol

1.名詞B2
釋義

An unusual lump inside or on the body that forms when cells grow in an uncontrolled way. A tumour may be harmless (benign) or harmful (cancerous, or malignant), and it can cause health problems.

例句

Doctors discovered a small tumour in Gabriel's lung during a routine checkup.

passive: be discovered + body part

Salma's tumour was benign, so doctors told her she did not need treatment.

collocation: benign tumour

同義詞
  • growth

    A gentler, everyday word; less clinical than 'tumour' (e.g. 'The doctor found a small growth on his skin.').

  • mass

    A neutral medical term often used in scan reports and imaging results.

  • lump

    Informal and general; refers to any bump you can feel, not necessarily a medical tumour.

文法句型

tumour + in [body part]

tumour + of [body part]

用法筆記

This is the British spelling; the US spelling is 'tumor'. The word is commonly used with a modifier indicating the nature (benign, malignant, cancerous) or location (brain, lung, liver, breast) of the growth.

常見錯誤

❌My uncle died of tumour.
✅My uncle died of a tumour.
💡'Tumour' is a countable noun and needs a determiner (e.g. 'a', 'the') in most contexts.
❌She has a tumour in her body.
✅She has a tumour in her lung.
💡It is more natural and informative to specify the exact location (lung, liver, breast, brain, etc.).