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The opening of an abscess, or the removal of a tumor, with a cutting instrument. [Written also onkotomy.] Dunglison.

A tumor composed mainly of bone; a tumor of a bone.

A tumor having the structure of a sacroma in which there is a deposit of bone; sarcoma connected with bone.

A tumor formed by hypertrophy of the papillæ of the skin or mucous membrane, as a corn or a wart. Quain.

ntom of delight. Wordsworth. Phantom ship. See Flying Dutchman, under Flying. -- Phantom tumor (Med.), a swelling, especially of the abdomen, due to muscular spasm, accumulation of flatus, etc., simulating an actual tumor in appearance, but disappearing upon the administration of an anæsthetic.

The operation of making an incision into the pharynx, to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage.

The small, troublesome tumors or swellings about the anus and lower part of the rectum which are technically called hemorrhoids. See Hemorrhoids.

A tumor, usually with a narrow base, somewhat resembling a pear, -- found in the nose, uterus, etc., and produced by hypertrophy of some portion of the mucous membrane.

s protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or knob; an elevation. Solar protuberances (Astron.), certain rose-colored masses on the limb of the sun which are seen to extend beyond the edge of the moon at the time of a solar eclipse.…

d with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray.

Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor.

The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent. Dunglison.

A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

To dispere or scatter; to discuss, as an inflammation or a tumor.

That which has power to disperse inflammatory or other tumors; a discutient; anything which aids the absorption of effused products. Coxe.

Metastasis of an eruption or a tumor from the surface to the interior of the body.

Maturated or suppurated; ready to discharge; -- said of sores, tumors, etc.

To become larger; to swell; -- said of a boil, tumor, and the like.

That which rises; a tumor; a boil. Lev. xiii. 10. Rising main (Waterworks), the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.

Any solid tumor of the testicle.