2. Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions;
false magnificence or sublimity. [R.]
Better, however, to be a flippant, than, by a
revolting form of tumor and perplexity, to lead men
into habits of intellect such as result from the
modern vice of English style. --De Quincey.
{Encysted tumor}, a tumor which is inclosed in a membrane
called a cyst, connected with the surrounding parts by the
neighboring cellular substance.
{Fatty tumor}. See under {Fatty}.
{Innocent tumor}, or {Benign tumor}, one which does not of
itself threaten life, and does not usually tend to recur
after extirpation.
{Malignant tumor}, a tumor which tends continually to spread,
to become generalized in different parts of the body, and
to recur after extirpation, and which, if left to itself,
causes death.