Neoplastic Process
deciduoma
Subclass of:
Decidua
Definitions related to deciduoma:
  • An intrauterine mass containing decidual cells (DECIDUA) or with structures resembling the PLACENTA. Deciduomas usually are induced experimentally.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (placenta neoplasm) New abnormal placental 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
  • (placental neoplasm) A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the placenta. Representative examples include hemangioma and choriocarcinoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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