neoplastic

1. 1.

   of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm

   “neoplastic cells”

Questions about neoplastic

What does neoplastic mean?

neoplastic means "of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm".

How many syllables are in neoplastic?

neoplastic has 4 syllables and divides as ne-o-pla-stic under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is neoplastic a common word?

neoplastic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.