neoplasm

From neo- +‎ plasm, after German Neoplasma.

• IPA^(key): /ˈniːoʊˌplæzəm/

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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.

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• neoplasia
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• planemos, pleonasm

From French néoplasme.

neoplasm n (plural neoplasme)

1. neoplasm