neoplasia

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Etymology[edit]

neo- +‎ -plasia

Noun[edit]

neoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural neoplasias)

  1. (biology) The formation of new tissue
  2. (medicine) The formation of a neoplasm
    • 2014, Cheryl B. Greenacre, Teresa Y. Morishita, Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, page 230:
      Ingluviotomy may be indicated for determination of crop masses (neoplasia, food impaction, and foreign bodies), repair damaged tissue (especially from predator bite wounds and infection,) and to gain access to the thoracic esophagus.

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Italian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From neo- +‎ -plasia.

Noun[edit]

neoplasia f (plural neoplasie)

  1. neoplasia

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French néoplasie.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /neoˈplasja/ [ne.oˈpla.sja]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: ne‧o‧pla‧sia

Noun[edit]

neoplasia f (plural neoplasias)

  1. neoplasia
  2. neoplasm

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