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Tumor vs Excrescence - What's the difference?

tumor | excrescence |

As nouns the difference between tumor and excrescence

is that tumor is an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia while excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.

tumor

English

(wikipedia tumor)

Alternative forms

* tumour (Commonwealth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

    • Usage notes

    is the standard modern spelling elsewhere.

    Synonyms

    * (an abnormal growth) neoplasm

    Hyponyms

    * (an abnormal growth) adenoma, granuloma * See also

    Derived terms

    * tumorigenesis

    excrescence

    English

    Noun

    (s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .

    • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Related terms

    * excrescency * excrescent

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References