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neoplasm

noun

ˈnē-ə-ˌpla-zəm

Definition of neoplasm

as in tumor

an abnormal mass of tissue removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen

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Recent Examples of neoplasm These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous. — Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025 The research also showed lower mortality risks from some forms of cancer and HIV and lower mortality rates for malignant neoplasms, HIV, and diabetes mellitus. — Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025 The company continues to focus on its core therapeutic areas, including oncology, inflammation and autoimmunity, and myeloproliferative neoplasms and graft-versus-host disease, with a strong pipeline of products in various stages of development. — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025 Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare. — Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for neoplasm

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Strahan has been outspoken about his kids in the past, sharing in 2025 that his daughter Isabella Strahan had been diagnosed with medulloblastoma, a cancerous brain tumor, two years prior.

— Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
In late 2023, Isabella was diagnosed with a medulloblastoma—a common malignant brain tumor that arises in the cerebellum, a part of the brain located at the base of the skull.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Aug. 2026

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