melanoma
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melanoma
- /mɛləˈnoʊmə/
Rhymes with -əʊmə
Where it comes from
From melan- + -oma.
noun melanomas · melanomata
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A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Similar: black cancer, Melanome
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: malignant melanoma, cutaneous, melanocytoma, melanophoroma, malignoma, melanocarcinoma, melanomagenesis, lymphoma, melanosphere, dermatoma, mastocarcinoma, oncopathology, myeloma, malignity, hepatoma, macromelanosome
Translations
Talk about this word "melanoma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/melanoma. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. melanoma. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/melanoma "melanoma." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/melanoma.Cite this
@misc{melanoma_2026,
title = {melanoma},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melanoma},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
