Neoplastic Process
gastrointestinal neoplasm
gas·tro·in·tes·ti·nal ne·o·plasm [ gas-troh-in-tes-tuh-nl nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Neoplasms; Gastrointestinal Diseases
Definitions related to gastrointestinal neoplasms:
  • (digestive system neoplasm) A benign or malignant neoplasm involving any part of the digestive system.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • New abnormal gastrointestinal 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; use for general gastrointestinal tract neoplasms.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tumors or cancer of the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT, from the MOUTH to the ANAL CANAL.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (neoplasm of the gastrointestinal tract) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the gastrointestinal tract.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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