Neoplastic Process
nose neoplasm
nose ne·o·plasm [ nohz nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Respiratory Tract Neoplasms; Skull Neoplasms; Nose Diseases
Definitions related to nose neoplasms:
  • New abnormal nasal 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; includes neoplasm of the external structure, through the nasal cavity, sinuses and up to the nasopharynx.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tumors or cancer of the NOSE.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (neoplasm of the nose) Tumor (An abnormal mass of tissue resulting from abnormally dividing cells) of the nasal cavity.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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