different between macule vs melanoma

English

Alternative forms

• mackle (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French macule, from Latin macula. Doublet of maquis.

Noun

macule (plural macules)

1. A spot.
2. A blur or an appearance of a double impression, as when the paper slips a little during printing.

Verb

macule (third-person singular simple present macules, present participle maculing, simple past and past participle maculed)

1. (printing) To blur or be blurred; especially to blur or double an impression from type.

References

• macule in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Caelum, almuce

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.kyl/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of maille, which was inherited.

Noun

macule f (plural macules)

1. (rare and literary or sciences, astronomy, medicine, zoology) stain

Related terms

• immaculé
• maculer

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

macule

1. first-person singular present indicative of maculer
2. third-person singular present indicative of maculer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of maculer
5. second-person singular imperative of maculer

Further reading

• “macule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

macule f

1. plural of macula

Middle English

Noun

macule

1. Alternative form of macula

Portuguese

Verb

macule

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of macular
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of macular
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of macular
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of macular

Spanish

Verb

macule

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of macular.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of macular.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of macular.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of macular.

English

Etymology

melano- +? -oma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?l??no?m?/
• enPR: m?l?n?mä
• Rhymes: -??m?

Noun

melanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)

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

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

See also

• carcinoma

Translations

Asturian

Noun

melanoma f (plural melanomes)

1. melanoma (type of skin tumor)

Catalan

Noun

melanoma m (plural melanomes)

1. (oncology) melanoma

Further reading

• “melanoma” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “melanoma” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “melanoma” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Italian

Noun

melanoma m (plural melanomi)

1. (oncology) melanoma

Anagrams

• anelammo

Portuguese

Noun

melanoma m (plural melanomas)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mela?noma/, [me.la?no.ma]

Noun

melanoma m (plural melanomas)

1. melanoma

Further reading

• “melanoma” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.