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

Noun
melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)
- 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
More languagesFewer languages
- 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.
Synonyms of melanoma
- black cancer
- Melanome
Forms of melanoma
| plural | melanomas |
|---|---|
| plural | melanomata |
Origin of melanoma
From melano- + -oma.
Words formed from melanoma
Words that rhyme with melanoma
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
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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