different between granuloma vs neoplasia

English

Etymology

granule +? -oma

Noun

granuloma (plural granulomas or granulomata)

1. (pathology) an inflammatory nodule consisting of histiocytes (macrophages) attempting to wall off substances they perceive as foreign but are unable to eliminate, such as certain infectious organisms as well as other materials such as foreign objects, keratin and suture fragments.
2. (medicine, less specific) any small nodule

Translations

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /???.nu?lo.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??a.nu?lo.ma/
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: gra?nu?lo?ma

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomes)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Derived terms

• granulomatós

Further reading

• “granuloma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Interlingua

Noun

granuloma (plural granulomas)

1. granuloma

Italian

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomi)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Related terms

• granulo
• granulomatoso

Portuguese

Noun

granuloma m (plural granulomas)

1. (medicine) granuloma (tumour consisting of a mass of granular tissue)

Related terms

• grão

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??anu?loma/, [??a.nu?lo.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Hyphenation: gra?nu?lo?ma

Noun

granuloma f (plural granulomas)

1. (pathology) granuloma

Derived terms

• granulomatoso

English

Etymology

neo- +? -plasia

Noun

neoplasia (countable and uncountable, plural neoplasias)

1. (biology) The formation of new tissue
2. (medicine) The formation of a neoplasm

Derived terms

• neoplastic

Related terms

• neoplasm

See also

• neoplasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

neo- +? -plasia

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasie)

1. neoplasia

Related terms

• neoplastico

Spanish

Etymology

From French néoplasie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neo?plasja/, [ne.o?pla.sja]
• Rhymes: -asja
• Hyphenation: ne?o?pla?sia

Noun

neoplasia f (plural neoplasias)

1. neoplasia
2. neoplasm

Derived terms

• neoplásico

Further reading

• “neoplasia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.