neoplasm

English

WOTD – 31 August 2006

Etymology

From neo- +‎ -plasm, after German Neoplasma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

neoplasm (plural neoplasms)

(pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

Synonyms

tumour

Derived terms

Translations

abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue

Chinese:
Mandarin: 新生物 (zh) (xīnshēngwù)
Dutch: neoplasma (nl) n, tumor (nl) m, gezwel (nl) n
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

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