Examples of neoplasm in a Sentence
removed a neoplasm from the patient's abdomen
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Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.
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Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024
The members taught me that a hematologist is a general blood doctor, not a specialist in my type of blood cancer (a category called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPN).
—Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 16 July 2024
As for specimen 236, the team confirmed the lesions Wells attributed to malignancy—specifically excessive destruction of tissue associated with neoplasm—and also noted around 30 smaller round lesions scattered around the bone surface, indicating that the cancer had spread.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
Mucinous neoplasms: Generally benign tumors that include lesions with precancerous potential.
—USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
However, earlier this spring, Keaton developed a mass that has been diagnosed as a histiocytic neoplasm sarcoma.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
Most reports refer to metastatic skin manifestation of systemic malignancies: this condition has been rarely described as a primary skin neoplasm.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2014
The report said that the mass in his lungs looked like a neoplasm — the fancy word for tumor.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma.
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021
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Brittany Risher, SELF, 30 July 2024
The members taught me that a hematologist is a general blood doctor, not a specialist in my type of blood cancer (a category called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPN).
—Alice Oglethorpe, SELF, 16 July 2024
As for specimen 236, the team confirmed the lesions Wells attributed to malignancy—specifically excessive destruction of tissue associated with neoplasm—and also noted around 30 smaller round lesions scattered around the bone surface, indicating that the cancer had spread.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
Mucinous neoplasms: Generally benign tumors that include lesions with precancerous potential.
—USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
However, earlier this spring, Keaton developed a mass that has been diagnosed as a histiocytic neoplasm sarcoma.
—Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 23 June 2023
Most reports refer to metastatic skin manifestation of systemic malignancies: this condition has been rarely described as a primary skin neoplasm.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2014
The report said that the mass in his lungs looked like a neoplasm — the fancy word for tumor.
—Lisa Sanders, M.d., New York Times, 2 Nov. 2022
Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm (BPDCN): Formerly called natural killer cell leukemia/lymphoma, per the LLS, BPDCN is a rare combination of leukemia and lymphoma.
—Barbara Brody, Health.com, 30 Sep. 2021
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“Neoplasm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neoplasm. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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neoplasm
noun
neo·plasm
ˈnē-ə-ˌplaz-əm 
: tumor
Medical Definition
neoplasm
noun
neo·plasm
ˈnē-ə-ˌplaz-əm
: a new growth of tissue serving no physiological function : tumor
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