melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə 
plural melanomas also melanomata ˌme-lə-ˈnō-mə-tə
1
: a tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a highly malignant tumor that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
Example Sentences
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Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022 But nothing means as much to Jones as his mission raising awareness for melanoma. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2022 Nearly 100,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2022 and 7,650 will die of it, the National Cancer Institute estimated on its website. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Other studies have optimized the delivery of treatments for melanoma and lung cancer by producing new versions of the drug Keytruda that can be injected, rather than given intravenously over many hours at greater cost. Kay Bailey Hutchison And Jane Harman, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Greenbaum had his own skin cancer scare earlier this year when during a routine physical his doctor noticed a spot on his arm that a dermatologist later determined was melanoma. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 But other cancers also occur in pregnant women, including blood cancers, cervical and ovarian cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, melanoma, brain cancer, thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer. Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 Marley had been diagnosed with melanoma in 1977, but no one in the audience knew Marley was ill. Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ, 12 May 2022 Malcolm Daniel, an executor of his estate who studied under Mr. Bunnell and is now a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said the cause was melanoma. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021 See More
Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022 But nothing means as much to Jones as his mission raising awareness for melanoma. Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2022 Nearly 100,000 Americans will be diagnosed with melanoma in 2022 and 7,650 will die of it, the National Cancer Institute estimated on its website. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 Other studies have optimized the delivery of treatments for melanoma and lung cancer by producing new versions of the drug Keytruda that can be injected, rather than given intravenously over many hours at greater cost. Kay Bailey Hutchison And Jane Harman, WSJ, 16 Aug. 2022 Greenbaum had his own skin cancer scare earlier this year when during a routine physical his doctor noticed a spot on his arm that a dermatologist later determined was melanoma. John Laidler, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022 But other cancers also occur in pregnant women, including blood cancers, cervical and ovarian cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, melanoma, brain cancer, thyroid cancer and pancreatic cancer. Gina Kolata, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022 Marley had been diagnosed with melanoma in 1977, but no one in the audience knew Marley was ill. Chris Blackwell With Paul Morley, WSJ, 12 May 2022 Malcolm Daniel, an executor of his estate who studied under Mr. Bunnell and is now a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, said the cause was melanoma. BostonGlobe.com, 10 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
melan- (in melanosis, melanotic) + -oma
First Known Use
1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing melanoma
Medical Definition
melanoma
noun
mel·a·no·ma ˌmel-ə-ˈnō-mə
plural melanomas also melanomata -mət-ə
1
: a benign or malignant skin tumor containing dark pigment
2
: a tumor of high malignancy that starts in melanocytes of normal skin or moles and metastasizes rapidly and widely
called also malignant melanoma, melanocarcinoma, melanoepithelioma, melanosarcoma
melanomas
noun
variants also melanomata
as in carcinomas
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- carcinomas
- malignancies
- lymphomas
- cancers
- polyps
- tumors
- neoplasms
- carcinomata
- cysts
- lymphomata
- warts
- tubercles
- outgrowths
- growths
- excrescences
- lumps
- excrescencies