See Also: tumourigenesis(medicine)
foreign body tumourigenesis(medicine)

succumb (iou) and tumourigenesis (medicine)


succumb (iou)



succumb verb. L15.
[Old & mod. French succomber or Latin succumbere, formed as SUB- + -cumbere lie (see CUMBENT).]
verb trans. Bring down, bring low, overwhelm. L15-M16.
verb intrans. Fail in a cause; spec. fail in a lawsuit, usu. for lack of proof. Scot. M16-E18.
verb intrans. Sink under pressure; give way to force, authority, emotion, etc.; be overcome. E17.
D. Halberstam Resisted Klauber's offers for a long time, but..finally succumbed. P. Angadi She succumbed to her deep need.
b. spec. Be overcome by the effect of a disease, wound, operation, etc.; die. M19.
I. D. Yalom His father succumbed to the same type of lymphoma.
succumber noun (rare) M19.

tumourigenesis (medicine)


tumourigenesis
<cell biology, oncology> Production of a new growth or growths.

Origin: tumour + G. Genesis, origin