neoplasman.
/ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈplazmə/, U.S. /ˌnioʊˈplæzmə/ Medicine.
= neoplasm n.
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carnosity1559
outwaxing1562
mandrake1568
excrescence1578
sarcome1626
excrescency1641
glandule1656
sarcoma1657
superexcrescence1676
caruncle1722
wart1774
clavus1842
growth1849
adenoid1855
neoplasm1863
neoplasma1876
1876 J. Van Duyn & E. C. Seguin tr. E. L. Wagner Man. Gen. Pathol. 355 Growths, neoplasmata, are, histologically speaking, homœoplastic or heteroplastic.
1877 L. A. Duhring Pract. Treat. Dis. Skin 46 They are..produced in great part by the cellular neoplasmata.
1918 Amer. Naturalist 52 406 The whole field of tissue replacement, tissue regeneration and benign and malignant (cancerous) neoplasmata (new growths) is comprehended in these three groups.
1941 Sci. Monthly 52 374/1 Much factual knowledge of neoplasmata is omitted for the sake of brevity.
1968 H. O. Mackey & J. P. Mackey Handbk. Dis. Skin (ed. 9) v. 38 5-Iododeoxyuridine interferes with growth of neoplasmas and viruses.
1989 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86 2771/2 We began to elucidate the possible involvement of the bcl-2 gene in other types of hematopoietic neoplasmas.
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