tumour

英 [ˈtjuːmə(r)]

美 [ˈtuːmər]

n. 瘤; 肿瘤; 肿块

复数：tumours　

Collins.2 / BNC.4248

同义词辨析

cancer canker growth tumour【导航词义：癌，瘤】

cancern. 癌，癌症

〔辨析〕

指人体内的恶性肿瘤。

〔例证〕

He died of liver cancer.
他死于肝癌。
A lot of cancers can now be cured.
现在有许多种癌症可以治愈。

cankern. 根瘤病；溃疡

〔辨析〕

指花木的枝枯病，也指人和动物的溃疡病。

〔例证〕

This tree suffers from canker.
这棵树患根瘤病。
My dog has a canker sore in its mouth.
我的狗患了口腔溃疡。

growthn. 赘生物

〔辨析〕

指人、动物或植物体表或体内因病变而长出的肿块。

〔例证〕

a cancerous/malignant growth
癌性/恶性赘生物
He has a growth on his throat.
他喉咙处上长了一个肿块。

tumourn. 肿瘤，肿块

〔辨析〕

指人或动物身体某部位因病变而长出且迅速增大的肿块。

〔例证〕

The surgeon operated on her to remove the tumour.
外科医生给她做手术以切除肿瘤。
The doctor diagnosed the tumour as benign.
医生认为这个肿块是良性的。

noun

in AM, use 美国英语用 tumor

肿瘤
Atumouris a mass of diseased or abnormal cells that has grown in a person's or animal's body.

noun

Her father died of a brain tumour.
她父亲死于脑瘤。
An international research team has developed a method for the screening and identification of tumour growth-suppressing genes.
一个国际研究小组设计了一种检测方法来筛查和鉴别肿瘤生长抑制基因。
However, tumour growth was not affected in mice that lack functional T cells.
然而，在缺乏功能性T细胞小鼠上，肿瘤生长不受影响。
It is not the primary tumour that kills, but secondary growths elsewhere in the body
原发性肿瘤并不会置人于死地，致命的是身体其他部位的继发肿瘤。
And her tumour's already exploded.
而她的肿瘤已经爆炸了。
Some tumours produce compounds characteristic or other tissues, e.g.parathyroid hormone by cells of tumour arising in the bronchus.
一些肿瘤产生具有其他组织特征的复合物，例如来源于支气管的瘤细胞产生甲状旁腺激素。
Using the system, the researchers successfully produced a clear image of a simulated breast cancer tumour.
利用这个系统，这组科学家成功地生成了一幅模拟乳腺肿瘤的清晰的图像。
We know that even though the patient has surgery to remove the tumour there are still small tumours present.
我们知道，即使患者通过手术切除了肿瘤，仍然有微小的肿瘤残留。
He died in 1984 of an unsuspected brain tumour.
他于1984年意外死于脑瘤。
It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.
这不是癌症，只是良性肿瘤。