noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/mɛləˈnoʊmə/
mĕlănōmä
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rhymes with -əʊmə
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1
noun
Meaning 1
A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, oncology, pathology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: malignant melanoma
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: skin cancer
History
Etymology
From melano- + -oma.
Across languages
Translations
32 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Catalan:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Chinese Mandarin:
黑色素瘤
(hēisèsùliú)
— type of skin tumor
Czech:
melanom
— type of skin tumor
Danish:
melanom
— type of skin tumor
Dutch:
melanoom
— type of skin tumor
Esperanto:
melanomo
— type of skin tumor
Estonian:
melanoom
— type of skin tumor
Finnish:
melanooma
— type of skin tumor
French:
mélanome
— type of skin tumor
Galician:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
German:
Melanom
— type of skin tumor
Greek:
μελάνωμα
(melánoma)
— type of skin tumor
Hungarian:
melanóma
— type of skin tumor
Icelandic:
sortuæxli
— type of skin tumor
Ido:
melanomo
— type of skin tumor
Interlingua:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Italian:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Japanese:
黒色腫
(kokushokushu)
— type of skin tumor
Japanese:
メラノーマ
(meranōma)
— type of skin tumor
Korean:
흑색종
(heuksaekjong)
— type of skin tumor
Latin:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Māori:
kiritona pukupuku
— type of skin tumor
Norwegian Bokmål:
melanom
— type of skin tumor
Occitan:
melanòma
— type of skin tumor
Polish:
czerniak
— type of skin tumor
Polish:
czerniak złośliwy
— type of skin tumor
Portuguese:
melanoma
— type of skin tumor
Russian:
мелано́ма
(melanóma)
— type of skin tumor
