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Tumour vs Resolvent - What's the difference?

tumour | resolvent |

As a noun tumour

is (oncology|pathology) an abnormal growth; differential diagnosis includes abscess, metaplasia, and neoplasia.

As a verb resolvent is

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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

    resolvent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to resolve (separate) the constituents of a mixture

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any substance or material able to resolve the constituents of a mixture; a solvent.
  • (medicine) That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumours; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products.
    • (Coxe)
  • (mathematics) An equation upon whose solution the solution of a given problem depends.
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