neoplasia

Etymology

neo- + -plasia

noun

  1. (biology) The formation of new tissue
  2. (medicine) The formation of a neoplasm
    Ingluviotomy may be indicated for determination of crop masses (neoplasia, food impaction, and foreign bodies), repair damaged tissue (especially from predator bite wounds and infection,) and to gain access to the thoracic esophagus. 2014, Cheryl B. Greenacre, Teresa Y. Morishita, Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, page 230

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