neoplasmn.
/ˈniːə(ʊ)plaz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈniəˌplæz(ə)m/ Medicine.
A new and abnormal growth of tissue in the body, spec. one resulting from uncontrolled proliferation of cells; a benign or malignant tumour.
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carnosity1559
outwaxing1562
mandrake1568
excrescence1578
sarcome1626
excrescency1641
glandule1656
sarcoma1657
superexcrescence1676
caruncle1722
wart1774
clavus1842
growth1849
adenoid1855
neoplasm1863
neoplasma1876
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adherence1667
adhesion1698
bridle1739
membrane1765
pseudomembrane1824
heterology1854
neoplasm1863
synechia1873
heteroplasm1878
paraplasm1890
paraplasma1890
heteromorphosis1891
1863 F. Chance tr. R. Virchow Cellular Pathol. iii. 88 We have in them to deal with genuine neoplasms.
1876 S. W. Gross Gross's Pract. Treat. Dis. Bladder (ed. 3) i. vi. 136 Papillary fibroma, or villous growth, is by far the most frequent of the fibrous neoplasms.
1896 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. I. 113 (note) Neoplasms as a class..not improbably develop as a consequence of some irritation.
1913 Proc. Royal Soc. 86 108 When this transport breaks down completely, as in carbohydrate deficiency, or when nutrient material is shunted off to supply a neoplasm in the liver..then creatin is excreted.
1949 H. Bailey Demonstr. Physical Signs Clin. Surg. (ed. 11) xxi. 249 A varicocele that has appeared more or less suddenly in a man over thirty is indicative of maligant neoplasm of the kidney.
1964 New Statesman 21 Feb. 298/3 Through this incision, I don't doubt, The neoplasm was taken out.
1989 New Scientist 18 Mar. 55/1 It divides rapidly to produce enormous numbers of identically damaged cells, all in turn replicating to form what is variously known as a cancer, a tumour, a neoplasm or..a growth.
2001 Times 4 Apr. ii. 4/2 Today..neoplasms (including cancers and tumours) claim 26 per cent of lives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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