English-Swedish translations for melanoma

• melanom
  Den tioprocentiga minskningen av ozonskiktet förväntas orsaka 300 000 fall av hudcancer och 4 500 fall av melanom varje år, internationellt sett.The 10% reduction in ozone is expected to cause 300 000 cases of skin cancer and 4 500 cases of melanoma every year at international level.

Definition of melanoma

• A dark-pigmented, usually malignant tumor arising from a melanocyte and occurring most commonly in the skin

Related words

• melano
• melanocyte
• melanopsin
• amelanotic
• amelanosis
• melanosis
• melanoderma
• melano-
• melanophoric