Meanings
adjectiveproneoplastic (not comparable)
- not comparableThat leads to the formation of neoplasms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Italic*prō
- Latinprō
- Englishpro-
- Proto-Indo-European*nu
- Proto-Indo-European*néwos
- Proto-Hellenic*néwos
- Ancient Greekνέος (néos)
- Ancient Greekνεο- (neo-)
- Englishneo-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
- Latinplasticus
- Englishplastic
- Englishneoplastic
- Englishproneoplastic
From pro- + neoplastic.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with proneoplastic
fantasticelasticenthusiasticstochasticdrasticthermoplasticsarcasticantineoplasticmonasticinelasticgymnasticmasticviscoelasticdynasticbombasticaplasticanaplasticiconoclasticclasticpyroclastictrophoblasticdysplasticecclesiasticorgiastic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
proneoplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proneoplastic
MLA
“proneoplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proneoplastic. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proneoplastic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proneoplastic.
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