Neoplasm

Quick meaning: Neoplasm is a noun meaning (pathology, oncology) An abnormal new growth of disorganized tissue in animals or plants.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

Angiosarcoma is the most-common differentiated malignant neoplasm of the heart and accounts for 10–15% of primary cardiac malignancies.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• neoplasms

Synonyms for neoplasm

Depending on context, synonyms include tumour, tumor.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tumour, tumor, growth, mass, lesion, neoplasia.

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