腫しゅ

noun, used as a suffix

tumor; swelling

Medical suffix attached to body parts or tissue types to name tumors or swellings, e.g., 肺腫 (lung tumor), 骨腫 (bone tumor).

• 医い者しゃは彼かれの肺はいに小ちいさな腫しゅを見みつけた。

  The doctor found a small tumor in his lung.

• 「骨こつ腫しゅ」は骨ほねにできる良りょう性せいの腫しゅ瘍ようを指さす。

  'Osteoma' refers to a benign tumor that forms in the bone.