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neoplasia

[ nee-oh-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh ]

noun

  1. Pathology. tumor growth.
  2. the formation and growth of new tissue.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of neoplasia1

First recorded in 1885–90; neo- + -plasia
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Example Sentences

At Salish Sea beaches like this they’re collecting dozens of the shellfish, a traditional food for many Coast Salish people, studying a concerning increase of disease: a leukemia-like contagious cancer called disseminated neoplasia.

At most 2 percent or less were diagnosed with neoplasia, or tumors.

Mutations of the MEN1 gene can cause a rare inherited cancer of the endocrine glands called multiple endocrine neoplasia, but up to now the gene has not been associated with breast cancer.

From US News

The report’s authors note that in 1998, the World Health Organization changed the name of an early-stage urinary tract tumor, removing the word “carcinoma” and calling it “papillary urothelial neoplasia of low malignant potential.”

Molecular changes can be used to improve detection of early neoplasia.

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