Neoplastic Process
bone neoplasm
bone ne·o·plasm [ bohn nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Neoplasms by Site; Bone Diseases
Definitions related to bone neoplasms:
  • A benign, intermediate, or malignant neoplasm involving the bone or articular cartilage.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • New abnormal bone tissue that grows by excessive cellular division and proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease; includes tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific bones.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tumors or cancer located in bone tissue or specific BONES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Bone tumors are growths of abnormal cells in bones. Bone tumors may be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign).
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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