different between melanoma vs hematoma

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.

English

Alternative forms

• haematoma
• hæmatoma

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (haîma, “blood”) and -oma (“disease, morbidity”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?him??to?m?/

Noun

hematoma (plural hematomas or hematomata)

1. A swelling of blood, usually clotted, which forms as a result of broken blood vessels.

Translations

Further reading

• hematoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: he?ma?to?ma

Noun

hematoma m (plural hematomas)

1. (medicine) bruise (purple mark on the skin resulting from a blow)

   Synonym: (informal) roxo

Spanish

Etymology

From hemato- +? -oma, from Ancient Greek ???? (haîma, “blood”) (genitive singular ??????? (haímatos)) and -??? (-?ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ema?toma/, [e.ma?t?o.ma]
• Hyphenation: he?ma?to?ma

Noun

hematoma m (plural hematomas)

1. (medicine) bruise

   Synonyms: cardenal, moratón, moretón