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ne·o·plasm
 neoplasm
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- pronunciation:
- ni
plae
z m
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
part of speech: |
noun |
definition: |
a new growth of tissue that is abnormal or different from surrounding tissue; growth or tumor.
- similar words:
- growth
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related words: |
cancer, lump |
adjective + (n.)neoplasm
aggressive,
benign,
collaborative,
common,
differential,
epithelial,
facial,
follicular,
inflammatory,
international,
laryngeal,
low,
malignant,
metastatic,
minor,
multiple,
pancreatic,
parotid,
present,
primary,
rare,
recurrent,
reported,
salivary,
squamous,
sublingual,
suspicious,
temporal,
thyroid,
true,
uncommon,
vascular
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verb + (n.)neoplasm
account, arise, associate, compose, consider, derive, develop, may, occur, originate, present, relate, remove, represent, reveal, rule, select, show, suggest, tend
noun + (n.)neoplasm
adult,
anomaly,
appearance,
base,
behavior,
bone,
cancer,
carcinoma,
cell,
contrast,
diagnosis,
disease,
feature,
figure,
foot,
gland,
goiter,
group,
growth,
head,
heart,
icon,
individual,
infection,
involvement,
larynx,
lesion,
malignancy,
malignant,
metastasis,
muscle,
nature,
neck,
nerve,
patient,
percentage,
plasma,
radon,
removal,
sign,
skull,
spindle,
tissue,
trauma,
tumor,
type
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derivation: |
neoplastic (adj.) |
The word neoplasm
contains the following parts:
neo
Greek
root
that means new, recent
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- nov
plas, plast, plasm, -plasty
Greek
root
that means mold, form; growth
  Example words:
aplastic anemia, cataplasia, ceroplastic, chloroplast, cytoplasm, dysplasia, ectoplasm, endoplasm, heteroplasty, hyperplasia, hypoplasia, neoplasm, plasma, plasmagene, plasmapheresis, plasmid, plasmin, plasmolysis, plaster, plastic, plasticizer, plastid, protoplasm, rhinoplasty, somatoplasm, thermoplastic, trophoplasm
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