neoplasm
noun
neo·plasm ˈnē-ə-ˌpla-zəm 
: tumor sense 1
Synonyms
- excrescence
- excrescency
- growth
- lump
- tumor
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Example Sentences
removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen
Recent Examples on the Web Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma. 
Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021 At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2020 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Decreases in the probability of death in the US might have been influenced by declines in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS across all states, as well as declines in road injuries and neoplasms or tumors, the researchers noted in the study. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018 See More
Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021 At the age of 12, she was diagnosed with blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN) and had to be in isolation for 100 days in her hospital room to receive a stem cell transplant. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 Nov. 2020 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Proteins, chemical activations, neoplasms, cells and genes are just some of the research topics the department specializes in. Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019 Decreases in the probability of death in the US might have been influenced by declines in the prevalence of HIV and AIDS across all states, as well as declines in road injuries and neoplasms or tumors, the researchers noted in the study. Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 10 Apr. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Neoplasma, from neo- neo- + -plasma -plasm (perhaps as Greco-Latin rendering of German Neubildung, Gewebsneubildung)
First Known Use
1863, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
neoplasm
noun
neo·plasm ˈnē-ə-ˌplaz-əm
: a new growth of tissue serving no physiological function : tumor
neoplasm
noun
as in tumor
an abnormal mass of tissue removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tumor
- carcinoma
- cyst
- lump
- malignancy
- growth
- lymphoma
- excrescence
- melanoma
- cancer
- polyp
- excrescency
- outgrowth
- tubercle
- wart