Melanoma=الورم
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ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY:
- melanoma
(n.)
- "tumor containing melanin,"
1826, medical Latin, from Gk. melas (gen. melanos) "black"
(see melanin)
+ -oma.
- melanin
(n.)
- dark brown or black pigment found
in animal bodies, 1832, Modern Latin, with chemical suffix -in
(2); first element from Gk. melas (gen. melanos) "black,"
from PIE root *mel- "dark, soiled, dirty" (cf. Skt.
malinah "dirty, stained, black," Lith. melynas "blue,"
L. mulleus "reddish"). Related: Melanism; melanistic.
- -oma
- word-forming element, from Gk.
-oma, with lengthened stem vowel + -ma, suffix forming neuter nouns
and nouns that indicate result of verbal action (equivalent of L.
-men); especially taken in medical use as "morbid growth,
tumor," based on sarcoma,
carcinoma.
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