GC: adj

S: MSKCC – https://www.mskcc.org/event/pathology-neoplastic-diseases (last access: 22 September 2016); Medscape – http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/779872-overview (last access: 22 September 2016).

N: 1. From neo- (Greek, neos, new) + -plastic (plassein, to mold), after neoplasm; Pertaining to malignancy, neoplasm. International Scientific Vocabulary. First Known Use: 1871.

• of, relating to, or constituting a tumor or neoplasia
• after French néoplastique or German neoplastisch: of or relating to de Stijl.

2. Of, relating to, or constituting a neoplasm or neoplasia.
3. Pertaining to neoplasia; an abnormal and uncontrolled cell growth.
4. The paramount criterion that cells are fully transformed to the neoplastic state is that they can produce tumors in animals when transplanted to the appropriate host.

S: 1. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neoplastic (last access: 19 Maqrch 2018); Mosby Medical Dictionary – http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/neoplastic (last access: 29 September 2016). 2. MW – https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neoplastic (last access: 22 September 2016). 3 & 4.TERMIUM PLUS – http://goo.gl/jlpNJg (last access: 22 September 2016).

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CR: cancer, cancerology, cancerous, carcinogenic, neoplasia, neoplastic (2), neoplasty, oncological, paraneoplastic syndrome.