melanoma
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4.9
- noun
- /ˌmɛləˈnoʊmə/
- Specialized
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melanoma
- She had melanoma that had spread everywhere.
- malignant melanoma
- metastatic melanoma
- primary melanoma
We have cancer focus on metastatic Melanoma and immunotherapy response.
- We have cancer focus on metastatic Melanoma and immunotherapy response.
- And so in Melanoma research at, at MD Anderson, they are actually, so first check this out that they treat Melanoma with immunotherapy.
- And so you might get an answer from that and say, oh, my God, like the people with red hair were so much more likely to get Melanoma.
- To ask the question in patients with metastatic Melanoma, what would be the impact on median survival and overall survival?
- But then there's the the one no one truly wants, which is Melanoma.
- And we also know that if a Melanoma becomes innovative, then the prognosis for that patient is worse.
Examples
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Two months ago you thought you had a malignant melanoma.
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The risk factors for Melanoma would include older age, fair skin.
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The consensus is that this is a Melanoma and that we probably need to do a little bit more surgery for you.
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I was diagnosed with stage three melanoma cancer.
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This one is after you had the melanoma removed from your forehead.
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It looks exactly like a classic melanoma.
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I had more than four sunburns in my childhood, so we're more than twice as likely to develop melanoma as adults.
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A rising trend in the incidence of malignant melanoma has been highlighted, especially in developed countries.
Academic text (2007) -
Conclusion: Malignant melanoma represents 4.46% of all cancers registered and is the most frequent skin cancer.
Academic text (2007) -
A rising trend in the incidence of melanoma has been highlighted, especially in developed countries.
Synonyms
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2.7
A serious disease in which body cells grow out of control and spread
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2.5
A growth of skin cells that can be harmful, often after too much sun
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8.0
Cancer cells that grow without control and can destroy nearby tissue
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5.0
A group of harmful cells that grow and spread in the body
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6.0
A serious skin cancer that starts in the cells that give skin its color and often makes dark uneven spots
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5.2
A cancer that grows into nearby tissue and can spread to other parts of the body
Antonyms
- Specialized
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3.4
A growth in the body that is not cancer and does not spread to other parts
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.0
A serious skin cancer that starts in the cells that give skin its color and often makes dark uneven spots
How Serious
Surface Forms
Morphology
melanoma = melan + oma
Built from Greek combining forms ('melan-' 'black' + '-oma' 'tumor') that are not standalone English words and form a specialized medical term not predictable by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Melanoma comes from the Greek root melan- meaning 'black' and the ending -oma meaning 'tumor'. Because it is related to melanin, the dark pigment in skin, a melanoma is a dark type of skin cancer that can spread quickly.