neoplasm
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English
Etymology
From neo- + plasm, after German Neoplasma.
Pronunciation
Noun
neoplasm (plural neoplasms)
- (pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.
- 1947, William Lincoln Ballenger, Howard Charles Ballenger, John Jacob Ballenger, Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, page 208:
- Other and less common causes for an oromaxillary fistula are infections, cysts and neoplasms of the maxilla which may destroy the intervening bone, resulting in a fistula between the maxillary sinus and the oral cavity.
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Miranda Lawson Dossier: Medical Correspondence:
- While we cannot firmly attribute the cause of the benign neoplasm to the irregularity in your genetic makeup, we can confirm that the progressive damage renders you unable to conceive a child.
- 2017, Gaballah AH, Jensen CT, “Angiosarcoma: clinical and imaging features from head to toe”, in The British journal of radiology, volume 90, number 1075, British Institute of Radiology, , →PMID:
- Angiosarcoma is the most-common differentiated malignant neoplasm of the heart and accounts for 10–15% of primary cardiac malignancies.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:neoplasm.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue
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Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French néoplasme.
Noun
neoplasm n (plural neoplasme)
Declension
Declension of neoplasm
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) neoplasm | neoplasmul | (niște) neoplasme | neoplasmele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) neoplasm | neoplasmului | (unor) neoplasme | neoplasmelor |
| vocative | neoplasmule | neoplasmelor | ||