sortuæxli

Icelandic

Etymology

From sortu- (“black”) +‎ æxli (“tumor”) where sortu (“of or pertaining to the colour black”) is the genitive of sorta (“a black colour, a black dye”).

Noun

sortuæxli n (genitive singular sortuæxlis, nominative plural sortuæxli)

1. (oncology, pathology) melanoma (a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin)

Declension

declension of sortuæxli

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlið	sortuæxli	sortuæxlin
accusative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlið	sortuæxli	sortuæxlin
dative	sortuæxli	sortuæxlinu	sortuæxlum	sortuæxlunum
genitive	sortuæxlis	sortuæxlisins	sortuæxla	sortuæxlanna

Derived terms

• belgfrumusortuæxli (balloon cell melanoma)
• hnúðlaga sortuæxli (synonyms hnökramein, nodular melanoma)
• sortuæxlager (melanomatosis)
• sortulaust sortuæxli (amelanotic melanoma)