neoplasm Path.
(ˈniːəʊplæz(ə)m)
[f. neo- + Gr. πλάσµα formation: cf. F. néoplasme.]
A new growth or formation of tissue in some part of the body; a tumour.
| 1864 W. T. Fox Skin Dis. 67 Hypertrophies. Atrophies. Neoplasms. 1876 Gross Dis. Bladder, etc. 136 Papillary fibroma, or villous growth, is by far the most frequent of the fibrous neoplasms. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 113 note, Neoplasms as a class..not improbably develop as a consequence of some irritation. |
So neoˈplasma (pl. -plasmata).
| 1876 tr. Wagner's Gen. Pathol. 355 Growths, neoplasmata, are, histologically speaking, homœoplastic or heteroplastic. 1876 Duhring Dis. Skin 46 They are..produced in great part by the cellular neoplasmata. |