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   tumour

   /ˈtjuːmə/

   noun

   • 1. a swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant: "she underwent six months of chemotherapy to try to shrink the tumour"
   • ▪ a swelling of any kind.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin tumor, from tumere ‘to swell’.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • T

     1

   • U

     1

   • M

     3

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • R

     1

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