neoplasia

English

Etymology

neo- + -plasia

Noun

neoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural neoplasias)

  1. (biology) The formation of new tissue
  2. (medicine) The formation of a neoplasm
    • 2014, Cheryl B. Greenacre, Teresa Y. Morishita, Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, page 230:
      Ingluviotomy may be indicated for determination of crop masses (neoplasia, food impaction, and foreign bodies), repair damaged tissue (especially from predator bite wounds and infection,) and to gain access to the thoracic esophagus.

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Italian

Etymology

From neo- + -plasia.

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasie)

  1. neoplasia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French néoplasie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /neoˈplasja/ [ne.oˈpla.sja]
  • Rhymes: -asja
  • Syllabification: ne‧o‧pla‧sia

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasias)

  1. neoplasia
  2. neoplasm

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