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Why is malignant neoplasm called a cancer? where did that name come from?
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Root of words: 'mal" from the latin word malus, meaning bad; "neo" from greek for new; and "plasm" from greek for tissue. Thus one has "bad new tissue" or "bad new growth" which = "cancer" in layman's term or "malignant neoplasm" in doc speak.
Answered 7/18/2017
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