neoplasm

English

WOTD – 31 August 2006

Etymology

From neo- +‎ plasm, after German Neoplasma.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːoʊˌplæzəm/

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Noun

neoplasm (plural neoplasms)

1. (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, →DOI, →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

• tumour

Derived terms

• myeloproliferative neoplasm
• neoplasia
• neoplastic

 

Translations

abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue

• Bulgarian: тумор (bg) m (tumor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新生物 (zh) (xīnshēngwù)

• Dutch: neoplasma (nl) n, tumor (nl) m, gezwel (nl) n
• Esperanto: neoplasmo
• French: néoplasme (fr) m, tumeur (fr) f
• German: Blastom n, Geschwulst (de) f, Neoplasie (de) f, Neoplasma (de) n, Neubildung (de) f
• Greek: νεοπλασία (el) f (neoplasía), νεόπλασμα (el) n (neóplasma), όγκος (el) m (ógkos)
• Irish: neoplasma m
• Italian: neoplasma (it) m
• Japanese: 新生物 (しんせいぶつ, shinseibutsu)
• Occitan: neoplasma m
• Russian: новообразова́ние (ru) n (novoobrazovánije), неопла́зма (ru) f (neoplázma), о́пухоль (ru) f (ópuxolʹ) (tumor, swelling), бласто́ма (ru) f (blastóma) (blastoma)
• Spanish: neoplasma m
• Swedish: neoplasm (sv) c, tumör (sv) c
• Turkish: neoplazma (tr), tümör (tr)

Anagrams

• planemos, pleonasm

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French néoplasme.

Noun

neoplasm n (plural neoplasme)

1. neoplasm

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	neoplasm	neoplasmul		neoplasme	neoplasmele
genitive-dative	neoplasm	neoplasmului		neoplasme	neoplasmelor
vocative	neoplasmule			neoplasmelor