Dictionary

myeloma en · NOUN

Etymology

From myelo- + -oma.

Meanings

1. A malignant tumour arising from cells of the bone marrow, specifically plasma cells.
   • While Powell was fully vaccinated, he was also battling multiple myeloma, a cancer that suppresses the immune system, making him more susceptible to the virus and less likely to mount an immune response after being vaccinated. 2021 October 18, Oliver Darcy, “Right-wing media figures dishonestly use Colin Powell’s death to question Covid vaccines”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2021:

Forms

Deriveds

multiple myeloma · heteromyeloma · myelomatous · xanthomyeloma · myelomatoid

Translations (12)

ga mialóma (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · pl szpiczak (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · it mieloma (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · fi luuydinsyöpä (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · ca mieloma (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · sv myelom (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · es mieloma (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · fr myélome (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · de Myelom (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · cs myelom (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · tr miyelom (malignant tumor of bone marrow) · fi myelooma (malignant tumor of bone marrow)