Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Girls and women who were first diagnosed with breast cancer at a later age had the highest incidence of developing subsequent primary neoplasms by 30 years post-initial cancer diagnosis.—
Tesfaye Negussie,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026 According to his official death certificate obtained by PEOPLE, The Middle alum’s death was a result of malignant neoplasm of the bladder, better known as bladder cancer.—
Liza Esquibias,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026 These neoplasm growths can be either benign or cancerous.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025 The research also showed lower mortality risks from some forms of cancer and HIV and lower mortality rates for malignant neoplasms, HIV, and diabetes mellitus.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025 The company continues to focus on its core therapeutic areas, including oncology, inflammation and autoimmunity, and myeloproliferative neoplasms and graft-versus-host disease, with a strong pipeline of products in various stages of development.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
10 Feb. 2025 Collectively known as myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs, these rare blood cancers are, well, very rare.—
Brittany Risher,
SELF,
30 July 2024
Word History
Etymology
borrowed from German Neoplasma, from neo-neo- + -plasma-plasm (perhaps as Greco-Latin rendering of German Neubildung, Gewebsneubildung)