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neoplasia

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Etymology edit

neo- +‎ -plasia

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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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Etymology edit

From neo- +‎ -plasia.

Noun edit

neoplasia f (plural neoplasie)

  1. neoplasia

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French néoplasie.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

neoplasia f (plural neoplasias)

  1. neoplasia
  2. neoplasm

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