Neoplastic Process
cervix neoplasm
cer·vix ne·o·plasm [ sur-viks nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Uterine Neoplasms; Cervix Diseases
Definitions related to uterine cervical neoplasm:
  • (cervix neoplasm) New abnormal cervical 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (cervical neoplasm) A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the cervix. Representative examples include endocervical polyp, rhabdomyoma, carcinoma, and melanoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (cervical neoplasm) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the uterine cervix.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Tumors or cancer of the UTERINE CERVIX.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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