sortuæxli

Icelandic

Etymology

From sortu- (“black”) +‎ æxli (“tumor”) where sortu (“of or pertaining to the colour black”) is the genitive of sorta (“a black colour, a black dye”).

Noun

sortuæxli n (genitive singular sortuæxlis, nominative plural sortuæxli)

1. (oncology, pathology) melanoma (a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin)

Declension

Declension of sortuæxli (neuter)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlið	sortuæxli	sortuæxlin
accusative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlið	sortuæxli	sortuæxlin
dative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlinu	sortuæxlum	sortuæxlunum
genitive	sortuæxlis	sortuæxlisins	sortuæxla	sortuæxlanna

Derived terms

• belgfrumusortuæxli (“balloon cell melanoma”)
• hnúðlaga sortuæxli (synonyms hnökramein, nodular melanoma)
• sortuæxlager (“melanomatosis”)
• sortulaust sortuæxli (“amelanotic melanoma”)