Meanings
nounmelanoma (plural melanomas or melanomata)
plural melanomas · plural melanomata
- medicineA dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Synonyms: black cancer, Melanome
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin.
Similar
black cancerMelanome
More synonyms by meaning
nounany of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes
Similar
malignant melanoma
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan melanoma
- melanomatype of skin tumor
Chinese Mandarin 黑色素瘤
- 黑色素瘤 (hēisèsùliú)type of skin tumor
Czech melanom
- melanomtype of skin tumor
Danish melanom
- melanomtype of skin tumor
Dutch melanoom
- melanoomtype of skin tumor
Esperanto melanomo
- melanomotype of skin tumor
Estonian melanoom
- melanoomtype of skin tumor
Finnish melanooma
- melanoomatype of skin tumor
French mélanome
- mélanometype of skin tumor
German Melanom
- Melanomtype of skin tumor
Greek μελάνωμα
- μελάνωμα (melánoma)type of skin tumor
Hungarian melanóma
- melanómatype of skin tumor
Icelandic sortuæxli
- sortuæxlitype of skin tumor
Italian melanoma
- melanomatype of skin tumor
Japanese 黒色腫, メラノーマ
- 黒色腫 (kokushokushu)type of skin tumor
- メラノーマ (meranōma)type of skin tumor
Korean 흑색종
- 흑색종 (heuksaekjong)type of skin tumor
Latin melanoma
- melanomatype of skin tumor
Māori kiritona pukupuku
- kiritona pukupukutype of skin tumor
Norwegian Bokmål melanom
- melanomtype of skin tumor
Polish czerniak, czerniak złośliwy
- czerniaktype of skin tumor
- czerniak złośliwytype of skin tumor
Portuguese melanoma
- melanomatype of skin tumor
Russian мелано́ма
- мелано́ма (melanóma)type of skin tumor
Spanish melanoma
- melanomatype of skin tumor
Swedish melanom
- melanomtype of skin tumor
Turkish melanom
- melanomtype of skin tumor
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with melanoma
OklahomasomaTacomacarcinomalymphomaaromacomaomaadenocarcinomachromaadenomaOmaghgranulomastromastomasangomahamartomamyomabromapleromaacanthomaacanthosomacrepidomaendometrioma
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
melanoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melanoma
MLA
“melanoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melanoma. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “melanoma,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/melanoma.
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