Dictionary

melanoma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /mɛləˈnoʊmə/
• mĕlănōmä
• audio

Etymology

From melano- + -oma.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

nonmelanoma · antimelanoma · melanomatous · melanomal · melanomagenesis

Relateds

carcinoma

Synonyms

Melanome · black cancer

Translations (32)

it melanoma (type of skin tumor) · ja メラノーマ (type of skin tumor) · es melanoma (type of skin tumor) · io melanomo (type of skin tumor) · ast melanoma (type of skin tumor) · la melanoma (type of skin tumor) · da melanom (type of skin tumor) · eo melanomo (type of skin tumor) · fr mélanome (type of skin tumor) · gl melanoma (type of skin tumor) · et melanoom (type of skin tumor) · ia melanoma (type of skin tumor) · sv melanom (type of skin tumor) · ja 黒色腫 (type of skin tumor) · ru мелано́ма (type of skin tumor) · de Melanom (type of skin tumor) · nl melanoom (type of skin tumor) · is sortuæxli (type of skin tumor) · pl czerniak (type of skin tumor) · oc melanòma (type of skin tumor) · ca melanoma (type of skin tumor) · hu melanóma (type of skin tumor) · ko 흑색종 (type of skin tumor) · mi kiritona pukupuku (type of skin tumor) · cmn 黑色素瘤 (type of skin tumor) · tr melanom (type of skin tumor) · pl czerniak złośliwy (type of skin tumor) · fi melanooma (type of skin tumor) · nb melanom (type of skin tumor) · pt melanoma (type of skin tumor) · cs melanom (type of skin tumor) · el μελάνωμα (type of skin tumor)