Neoplastic Process
intestine neoplasm
in·tes·tine ne·o·plasm [ in-tes-tin nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; Intestinal Diseases
Definitions related to intestinal neoplasms:
  • (intestine neoplasm) New abnormal intestinal tissue, small and large intestines, 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
  • A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the small or large intestine.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Tumors or cancer of the INTESTINES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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