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mesothelioma en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌmɛsə-/
• /ˌmɛzə-/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌmɛsoʊˌθiliˈoʊmə/
• /ˌmis-/
• /ˌmɛzoʊ-/
• /ˌmiz-/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -thelium English mesothelium Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *-mə Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English mesothelioma From mesothelium + -oma.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) An uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium, usually of the lungs after exposure to asbestos.
   • He died a few weeks later, his mesothelioma perhaps caused by the asbestos-lined ceiling he cracked open at 430 King's Road. [Malcom] McLaren had stood there regaling in the mess, while everybody else ran for safety. 2025 June 14, Paul Caruana Galizia, “Love, lies and punk”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:

Forms

Coordinates

pneumoconiosis · asbestosis

Hypernyms

occupational disease · cancer

Translations (11)

it mesotelioma (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · cmn 間皮瘤 /间皮瘤 (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · ru мезотелио́ма (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · cs mezoteliom (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · sv mesoteliom (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · ja 中皮腫 (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · fr mésothéliome (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · de Mesotheliom (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · es mesotelioma (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · fi mesoteliooma (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium) · pl międzybłoniak (uncommon malignant tumour of the mesothelium)