As nouns the difference between tumour and ganglioneuroma
is that tumour is (oncology|pathology) an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia while ganglioneuroma is a tumour of the sympathetic nerve fibres arising from neural crest cells.
tumour
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(oncology, pathology) An abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.
Usage notes
*
* is the standard modern British and Commonwealth spelling (including Canada), and tumor is the standard American spelling.
Derived terms
* tumourigenesis