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melanoma

/mɛləˈnoʊmə/

melanoma noun: a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.

melanoma: a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in...
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Noun

melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)

  1. A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
    Synonyms:
    black cancer, Melanome

melanoma meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

melanoma in Hindi

मेलेनोमा, मेलानोमा

melanoma in Tamil

கருங்கட்டி, கறும்புத்து

melanoma in Marathi

मेलानोमा, मेलॅनोमा, मेलेनोमा

melanoma in Urdu

میلانوما
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melanoma in Bengali
মেলানোমা, মেলেনোমা
melanoma in Telugu
మెలనోమా, మెలనొమా
melanoma in Malayalam
മെലനോമ, മെലനോമം
melanoma in Kannada
ಚರ್ಮಕೋಶಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಉಂಟಾಗುವ ಹಾನಿಕಾರಕ ಗಂತಿ
melanoma in Punjabi
ਮੇਲੇਨੋਮਾ, ਮੇਲਾਨੋਮਾ, ਮੇਲਨੋਮਾ
melanoma in Gujarati
મેલાનોમા, મેલેનોમા, મેલનોમા
melanoma in Odia
ମେଲାନୋମା, ମେଲେନୋମା
melanoma in Nepali
मेलानोमा, मेलेनोमा

Examples of melanoma in a sentence

  • Acral melanoma is a type of skin cancer that occurs on fingers, palms, soles, and nail beds.
  • The sunbather developed a photogenic melanoma on her back.
  • Binimetinib might represent a new treatment option for patients with NRAS-mutant melanoma after failure of immunotherapy.

All 14 example sentences with melanoma

Synonyms of melanoma

Forms of melanoma

pluralmelanomas
pluralmelanomata

Plural of melanoma: melanomas or melanomata

Origin of melanoma

From melano- + -oma.

Words formed from melanoma

Words that rhyme with melanoma

16 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about melanoma

What does melanoma mean?
Melanoma means a dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
What is melanoma in Hindi?
Melanoma in Hindi is मेलेनोमा, मेलानोमा. See Melanoma meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is melanoma?
Melanoma is a noun.
How do you pronounce melanoma?
Melanoma is pronounced /mɛləˈnoʊmə/.
What is the plural of melanoma?
The plural of melanoma is melanomas.

Words near melanoma in the dictionary

  1. melanolipofuscin
  2. melanolipofuscins
  3. melanolysosomal
  4. melanolysosome
  5. melanolysosomes
  6. melanoma
  7. melanomacrophage
  8. melanomacrophages
  9. melanomacrophagic
  10. melanomagenesis
  11. melanomagenic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: melanoma (page history and authors); melanoma (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); melanoma (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); melanoma (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); melanoma (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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