A new growth or tumor composed of connective tissue cells.
From Greek 'desmos' (ligament) + 'neo' (new) + 'plasma' (growth, formation). This compound medical term describes tumors arising specifically from connective tissue origin.
The prefix 'neo-' means new, and it's used throughout medicine to mean abnormal new growths—'neoplasm,' 'neolithic,' 'neon' (new element)—showing how one prefix helps us understand an entire family of words.
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