Both Uses of
melanoma
in
Catch-22
- 'Give him Ewing's tumor,' Yossarian advised Doc Daneeka, who would come to Yossarian for help in handling Hungry Joe, 'and follow it up with melanoma.†
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- Yossarian also worried about Ewing's tumor and melanoma.†
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Definition:
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(melanoma) the most serious, life-threatening form of skin cancer (4% of all skin cancers)
more technically: any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes (the cells that produce melanin)