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neoplasm
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun neoplasm has 1 sense
- neoplasm(n = noun.state) tumor, tumour - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose; Array is a kind of growth
has particulars: acanthoma, skin tumor, angioma, benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour, blastocytoma, blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma, brain tumor, brain tumour, carcinoid, celioma, granuloma, adipose tumor, lipoma, malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor, meningioma, neurilemoma, neurofibroma, neuroma, phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma, pinealoma, plasmacytoma, psammoma, sand tumor, teratoma
Derived form adjective neoplastic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
neoplasm, n. [See Neoplasia.].
A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neoplasm, n. a new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body, esp. a tumour.
Derivative
neoplastic adj.
Etymology
NEO- + Gk plasma formation: see PLASMA
THESAURUS
neoplasm
benign tumor, callosity, callus, cancer, carcinoma, corn, cyst, excrescence, fungosity, fungus, growth, intumescence, malignant growth, metastatic tumor, mole, morbid growth, nevus, nonmalignant tumor, outgrowth, proud flesh, sarcoma, tumor, verruca, wart, wen
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