TUMOUR  腫瘤瘤

An ILLNESS in the form of a SWELLING NOT CAUSED BY INFLAMMATION. [MEDICINE]
Hypernym
  • ILLNESSTYPICALLY TEMPORARY DEFECT of the BODY OR MIND of HUMANS OR of the BODY of ANIMALS.
    • DEFECTBAD FEATURE in something GOOD OR LACK of a DESIRED GOOD FEATURE.
      • FEATUREABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to....
Old Chinese Criteria
1. The general word for any protumescence or tumour on the body is liú 瘤.

2. Zhuì 贅 refers to any excrescence or wart.

3. Yóu 疣 refers specifically to a wart.

4. Yōng 癰 refers specifically to a carbuncle.

5. Yǐng 癭 refers specifically to the enlargement of the thyroid gland, goitre.

NB: Yān 癌／岩／嵒 is post-Han.

黄金貴：古漢語同義詞辨釋詞典
HUANG JINGUI 2006

HUMAN BODY 17. TUMOUR 腫瘤。

腫，泛指身體各種脹大凸起的病狀。

?? ，足部之腫病。

瘤，指氣血流聚而成的腫塊，宋以前多指良性者，宋以後為腫瘤通稱。

癌，指發於體表、直觀可見的狀似山崖凹進凸出的惡性腫瘤，常見者女子的 “ 乳岩 ” 和男子的 “ 腎岩 ” 。

癭，頸部漫腫或腫塊之病，隋以前多指地方性甲狀腺腫病，隋唐以來包括所有以頸靨部腫塊為特徵之病。

痔，肛門內外腫物突起的疾病，宋以來擴展到五官所生腫物，如鼻痔、眼痔等。

HUMAN BODY 18. WART

[ 月＋尤 ] ，人體上隆起的贅生物。

贅，多餘，形容詞；與 “[ 月＋尤 ]” 同義連用、同義對文中用為名詞，泛指多餘物。

瘊，細小的疣，口語詞。

瘜，寄於腹中的異肉，泛指生於體內的小型異肉。

Modern Chinese Criteria
腫瘤

瘤

瘤子

毒瘤

惡性腫瘤

rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

Words

疣  yóu OC: ɢʷɯ MC: ɦɨu 2 Attributions

Yóu 疣 refers specifically to a wart.

    Syntactic words
  • nwart
  • nabfigurative"tumour"
贅  zhuì OC: tjods MC: tɕiɛi 2 Attributions

Zhuì 贅 refers to any excrescence or wart.

    Syntactic words
  • nexcrescence; superfluous; growth, wart
  • nabfigurative"tumour"
尰  zhǒng OC: djoŋʔ MC: dʑi̯oŋ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • nswellings
癭  yǐng OC: qeŋʔ MC: ʔiɛŋ 1 Attribution

Yǐng 癭 refers specifically to the enlargement of the thyroid gland, goitre.

    Syntactic words
  • nswelling in the throat, specifically the thyroid gland, goitre
  • nadNafflicted with a swelling in the throat
癰  yōng OC: qoŋ MC: ʔi̯oŋ 1 Attribution

Yōng 癰 refers specifically to a carbuncle.

    Syntactic words
  • ncarbuncle
疣贅  yóu zhuì OC: ɢʷɯ tjods MC: ɦɨu tɕiɛi 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • NPabfigurativeexcrescences
癌岩嵒  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
癌岩嵒  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC:
嵒  yán OC: ŋreem MC: ŋɣɛm 0 Attributions

Yán 癌／岩／嵒 is post-Han

    Syntactic words
  • nhard and knotty tumour
瘤  liú OC: b-ru MC: lɨu 0 Attributions

The general word for any protumescence or tumour on the body is liú 瘤.

    Syntactic words
  • ntumour
瘻  Click here to add pinyin OC:  MC: 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • na kind of goitre, swelling in the lymph node

Existing SW for

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