melanoma
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)
- (oncology, pathology) A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Usage notes
[edit]The term malignant melanoma is synonymous with melanoma in present-day medicine because the molecular biologic understanding and convened terminology of benign and malignant cutaneous neoplasms have been refined since the term melanoma entered use. While this makes malignant melanoma technically redundant, the term remains in frequent use alongside its now-synonymous counterpart. More details are offered at Melanoma § Terminology.
Synonyms
[edit]- black cancer (see A Comprehensive Medical Dictionary citation from 1880)
- (variant) Melanome (see The Washington Post citation from 1904)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]type of skin tumor
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See also
[edit]Asturian
[edit]Noun
[edit]melanoma f (plural melanomes)
- melanoma (type of skin tumor)
Catalan
[edit]Noun
[edit]melanoma m (plural melanomes)
Further reading
[edit]- “melanoma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “melanoma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “melanoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Italian
[edit]Noun
[edit]melanoma m (plural melanomi)
Anagrams
[edit]Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Rhymes: -omɐ
- Hyphenation: me‧la‧no‧ma
Noun
[edit]melanoma m (plural melanomas)
Further reading
[edit]- “melanoma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek μέλανος (mélanos) + -oma.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]melanoma m (plural melanomas)
Further reading
[edit]- “melanoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- English terms prefixed with melano-
- English terms suffixed with -oma
- English 4-syllable words
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- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊmə
- Rhymes:English/əʊmə/4 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English nouns with irregular plurals
- en:Oncology
- en:Diseases
- en:Skin
- Asturian lemmas
- Asturian nouns
- Asturian feminine nouns
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan masculine nouns ending in -a
- Catalan masculine nouns
- ca:Oncology
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian nouns with irregular gender
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- it:Oncology
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/omɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/omɐ/4 syllables
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- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese nouns with irregular gender
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Oncology
- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish terms suffixed with -oma
- Spanish 4-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/oma
- Rhymes:Spanish/oma/4 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish nouns with irregular gender
- Spanish masculine nouns