neoplasm

From the Greek ‘new’ and ‘form’: an abnormal growth of tissue, or tumour. A neoplasm can be benign or malignant. The name given to any particular tumour is an indication of the type of tissue from which it arises, plus the ending ‘-oma’. Benign growths range from small warts to huge ovarian cysts; they include fatty lumps (lipomas), bony excrescences (osteomas), and many others. Malignant growths (cancers) are broadly classified according to the type of cells they arise from as either carcinoma, from epithelial sites — body coverings or linings (e.g. skin, breast, colon) — or sarcoma, from deeper tissue (e.g. bone or muscle). Malignant neoplasms are characterized by being locally invasive and by forming metastases — seeding in other parts of the body via lymphatic or blood vessels. A malignant growth may therefore be primary — at the original site — or secondary, metastatic.

— Stuart Judge

See also cancer.

(tumor), an abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is uncoordinated with that of the normal tissues. It persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli that evoked the change. Benign and malignant forms are recognized. See also tumor.

Any new and abnormal growth. Neoplasms include benign and malignant tumours. There is no clear relation between the incidence of neoplasms and exercise. Some sports activities may increase the risk of neoplasms (e.g. golf is associated with a high exposure to ultraviolet radiation and an above-average risk of skin tumours), but regular vigorous activity may decrease the incidence of certain cancers (e.g. colonic cancer). The overall risk of neoplasms among athletes is probably not significantly different from that of the general population.

Pertaining to neoplasia or a neoplasm.

• n. disease — see neoplasia.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - [med.] neoplasma, nydannelse

Nederlands (Dutch)
neoplasma, gezwel

Français (French)
n. - (Méd) néoplasme

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geschwulstbildung, Gewächs

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (παθολ.) νεόπλασμα, όγκος

Italiano (Italian)
neoplasma

Português (Portuguese)
n. - neoplasma (m) (Patol.)

Русский (Russian)
неоплазма

Español (Spanish)
n. - neoplasma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - neoplasma (med.), tumör

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
新生物, 癌, 肿疡

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 新生物, 癌, 腫瘍

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (체내에 생기는)생생물, 종양

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 新生物, 腫瘍

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ورم, نمو خبيث‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גידול, גידול ממאיר בגוף‬

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