Neoplastic Process
nervous system neoplasm
nerv·ous sys·tem ne·o·plasm
Subclass of:
nervous system disorder; Neoplasms by Site
Definitions related to nervous system neoplasms:
  • A benign or malignant, primary or metastatic neoplasm involving the central or peripheral nervous system.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Benign and malignant neoplastic processes arising from or involving components of the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, cranial nerves, and meninges. Included in this category are primary and metastatic nervous system neoplasms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (neoplasm of the nervous system) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the nervous system.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • A tumor is an abnormal growth, whether noncancerous (benign) or cancerous (malignant). In many parts of the body, a noncancerous tumor causes few or no problems. However, if any growth or mass in the brain (brain tumor) or spinal cord (spinal cord tumor) is getting larger, it can cause considerable damage because the structures that...
    Merck Manuals
    Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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