neoplasm

WOTD – 31 August 2006    

Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From neo- + Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plasma, “formation”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

neoplasm (plural neoplasms)

1. (pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

Translations

abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新生物 (cmn) (xīnshēngwù)

• Dutch: neoplasma n, tumor m, gezwel n
• French: néoplasme (fr) m, tumeur (fr) f
• German: Blastom n, Geschwulst f, Neoplasie f, Neoplasma n, Neubildung f
• Greek: νεοπλασία (el) (neoplasía) f, νεόπλασμα (el) (neóplasma) n, όγκος (el) (ógkos) m
• Irish: neoplasma (ga) m

• Italian: neoplasia (it) f
• Japanese: 新生物 (ja) (しんせいぶつ, shinseibutsu)
• Russian: новообразование (ru) (novoobrazovánije) n, неоплазма (ru) (neoplázma) f, опухоль (ru) (ópuxolʹ) f (tumor, swelling), бластома (ru) (blastóma) f (blastoma)
• Spanish: neoplasma (es) m
• Turkish: neoplazma (tr), tümör (tr)

Synonyms

• tumour

Derived terms

• neoplasia
• neoplastic

Anagrams

• planemos
• pleonasm