Meaning

1 senses
  1. An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

    Blastom, Geschwulst, Neoplasie

    новообразова́ниеnovoobrazovánije, неопла́змаneoplázma, о́пухольópuxolʹ

    an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue:

Origin

From neo- + plasm, after German Neoplasma.

From neo- + plasm, after German Neoplasma.

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Forms

plural: neoplasms
Singularneoplasm
Pluralneoplasms

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose:tumortumour

Word family

7 related words

See also

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neoplasm — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto