Meaning
tumour, tumor
In a sentence
Il medico ha trovato un tumore molto piccolo.
The doctor found a very small tumor.
Hai paura che il tumore torni ancora?
Are you afraid the tumor will come back again?
Per fortuna non era un tumore grave.
Luckily, it wasn't a serious tumor.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| tumore | masculine · singular |
| tumori | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Use tumore as the general medical term. Cancro is common in everyday speech, but not every tumore is necessarily called cancro in technical contexts.
- Usually masculine: il tumore, un tumore. Plural: i tumori.
- Common with body-part phrases: tumore al seno, tumore al polmone, tumore al cervello.