Distribution of the Earth's water. Earth is known as the Blue Planet because 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water. Water also exists below land surface and as water vapor in the air. Water is a finite source. The bottled water that is consumed today might possibly be the same water that once trickled down the back of a wooly mammoth.
neoplasm, n (tumor), an abnormal mass of tissue, the growth of which exceeds and is uncoordinated with that of the normal tissues. It persists in the same excessive manner after cessation of the stimuli that evoked the change. Benign and malignant forms are recognized. See also neoplasia and tumor.
10 hilariously insightful foreign words. A neoplasm is a tumor, or growth, and a follicular neoplasm arises from what are called follicular cells inside the thyroid gland. The thyroid gland is located in front of the windpipe in the neck, and a large neoplasm may cause symptoms such as a hoarse voice or swallowing difficulties.