瘤

癅

liú

留 + 疒

Definitions

liú tumor

liú old variant of 瘤[liú]

Etymology

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 留 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癅.

Semantic: 疒 Phonetic: 留

About

The character 瘤 is a standard phono-semantic compound designed for medical conditions. Its semantic component is the sickness radical 疒, which encloses the top and left sides to indicate illness or pathological states. Inside it sits the phonetic 留 (liú), which supplies the pronunciation and hints at something that stays, accumulates, or lodges unnaturally in the body, and so 瘤 refers to tumors, abnormal swellings, and lumps in human or animal anatomy, covering both benign cysts and malignant cancers in modern medical terminology. 瘤 is the simplified form of 癅.

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

医生发现了一个肿瘤。

Yīshēng fāxiànle yīgè zhǒngliú.

The doctor discovered a tumor.

他患有脑瘤需要治疗。

Tā huànyǒu nǎoliú xūyào zhìliáo.

He has a brain tumor and needs treatment.

这种瘤是良性的不必担心。

Zhè zhǒng liú shì liángxìng de bùbì dānxīn.

This kind of tumor is benign, no need to worry.

手术成功切除了胃里的瘤。

Shǒushù chénggōng qiēchúle wèi lǐ de liú.

The surgery successfully removed the tumor in the stomach.

定期体检有助于早期发现肿瘤。

Dìngqī tǐjiǎn yǒuzhù yú zǎoqī fāxiàn zhǒngliú.

Regular physical examinations help in the early detection of tumors.

新疗法针对这种瘤效果显著。

Xīn liáofǎ zhēnduì zhè zhǒng liú xiàoguǒ xiǎnzhù.

The new therapy shows significant effects against this type of tumor.

癌细胞瘤的扩散必须被控制。

Áixìbāo liú de kuòsàn bìxū bèi kòngzhì.

The spread of the cancerous tumor must be controlled.

研究人员在分析该肿瘤的生长机制。

Yánjiū rényuán zài fēnxī gāi zhǒngliú de shēngzhǎng jīzhì.

Researchers are analyzing the growth mechanism of this tumor.

Related Characters

Component: 留

Component: 疒

瘤