melanoma

1. 1.

   any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes

   Synonymsmalignant melanoma

   Broaderskin cancer

Other forms of melanoma

plural

melanomata

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about melanoma

What does melanoma mean?

melanoma means "any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes".