melanoma

From melano- +‎ -oma.

• IPA^(key): /mɛləˈnoʊmə/
• enPR: mĕlănōmä

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• Rhymes: -əʊmə

melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)

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

The term malignant melanoma is synonymous with melanoma in present-day medicine because the molecular biologic understanding and convened terminology of benign and malignant cutaneous neoplasms have been refined since the term melanoma entered use. While this makes malignant melanoma technically redundant, the term remains in frequent use alongside its now-synonymous counterpart. More details are offered at Melanoma § Terminology.

• black cancer (see A Comprehensive Medical Dictionary citation from 1880)
• (variant) Melanome (see The Washington Post citation from 1904)

• carcinoma

melanoma f (plural melanomes)

1. melanoma (type of skin tumor)

melanoma m (plural melanomes)

1. (oncology) melanoma

• “melanoma”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “melanoma”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “melanoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

melanoma m (plural melanomi)

1. (oncology) melanoma

• alenammo, anelammo

• Rhymes: -omɐ
• Hyphenation: me‧la‧no‧ma

melanoma m (plural melanomas)

1. (oncology) melanoma (type of skin tumour)

• “melanoma”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

From Ancient Greek μέλανος (mélanos) +‎ -oma.

• IPA^(key): /melaˈnoma/ [me.laˈno.ma]
• Rhymes: -oma
• Syllabification: me‧la‧no‧ma

melanoma m (plural melanomas)

1. melanoma

• “melanoma”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024