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Neoplasia
(||Ne`o*pla"si*a) n. [NL., fr. Gr. new + to form, mold.] (Physiol. & Med.) Growth or development of new material; neoplasty.

Neoplasm
(Ne"o*plasm) n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) A new formation or tissue, the product of morbid action.

Neoplastic
(Ne`o*plas"tic) a. (Physiol. & Med.) Of or pertaining to neoplasty, or neoplasia.

Neoplasty
(Ne"o*plas`ty) n. [See Neoplasia.] (Physiol. & Med.) Restoration of a part by granulation, adhesive inflammation, or autoplasty.

Neoplatonic
(Ne`o*pla"ton"ic) a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Neoplatonism or the Neoplatonists.

Neoplatonician
(Ne`o*pla`to*ni"cian) n. A Neoplatonist.

Neoplatonism
(Ne`o*pla"to*nism) n. [Neo- + Platonism.] A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy.

Neoplatonist
(Ne`o*pla"to*nist) n. One who held to Neoplatonism; a member of the Neoplatonic school.

Neorama
(Ne`o*ra"ma) n. [Gr. temple + a view.] A panorama of the interior of a building, seen from within.