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

Derived terms

• neoplastic

Related terms

• neoplasm

See also

• neoplasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Italian

Etymology

neo- +‎ -plasia

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasie)

1. neoplasia

Related terms

• neoplastico

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Spanish

Etymology

From French néoplasie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neoˈplasja/
• Rhymes: -asja
• Hyphenation: ne‧o‧pla‧sia

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasias)

1. neoplasia
2. neoplasm

Derived terms

• neoplásico

Further reading

• “neoplasia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.