neuroblastoma

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥

Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der.

Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron)

Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der.

English neuro-

English blastoma

English neuroblastoma

From neuro- + blastoma.

Noun

neuroblastoma (plural neuroblastomas or neuroblastomata)

1. (oncology) A form of cancer that affects the ganglia in various parts of the body

Derived terms

• aesthesioneuroblastoma
• ganglioneuroblastoma

Related terms

• neuroblastomal

Translations

form of cancer

• Czech: neuroblastom m
• Finnish: neuroblastooma
• French: neuroblastome (fr) m
• Greek: νευροβλάστωμα (el) n (nevrovlástoma)
• Italian: neuroblastoma m
• Portuguese: neuroblastoma m

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɛw.ro.blasˈtɔ.ma/
• Rhymes: -ɔma
• Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧bla‧stò‧ma

Noun

neuroblastoma m (plural neuroblastomi)

1. (oncology) neuroblastoma

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /new.ɾo.blasˈtõ.mɐ/ [neʊ̯.ɾo.blasˈtõ.mɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /new.ɾo.blasˈtõ.mɐ/ [neʊ̯.ɾo.blasˈtõ.mɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /new.ɾo.blaʃˈtõ.mɐ/ [neʊ̯.ɾo.blaʃˈtõ.mɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /new.ɾu.blɐʃˈto.mɐ/ [new.ɾu.βlɐʃˈto.mɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /new.ɾu.blɐʃˈto.mɐ/ [new.ɾu.βlɐʃˈto.mɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /new.ɾu.blɐʃˈto.mɐ/

• Hyphenation: neu‧ro‧blas‧to‧ma

Noun

neuroblastoma m (plural neuroblastomas)

1. (oncology) neuroblastoma (cancer affecting the ganglia)

Further reading

• “neuroblastoma”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “neuroblastoma”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026