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melanoma

/mɛləˈnoʊmə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.18 in modern English

Syllables
melanoma
IPA
/mɛləˈnoʊmə/
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From melano- + -oma.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

melanomas (plural) melanomata (plural)

Derived Forms

antimelanoma melanomagenesis melanomal melanomatous nonmelanoma

Frequently Paired Words

carcinoma

Synonyms

black cancer Melanome malignant melanoma

Rhymes With

oklahoma coma lymphoma aroma carcinoma sonoma glaucoma loma moma paloma mesothelioma oma

Questions

How do you pronounce melanoma?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɛləˈnoʊmə/.
What does melanoma mean?
A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Where does melanoma come from?
From melano- + -oma.

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