Neoplastic Process
peritoneum neoplasm
per·i·to·ne·um ne·o·plasm [ per-i-tn-ee-uhm nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Digestive System Neoplasms; Peritoneal Diseases; Abdominal Neoplasms
Definitions related to peritoneal neoplasms:
  • A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the peritoneum. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include adenomatoid tumor and disseminated peritoneal leiomyomatosis. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include primary peritoneal carcinoma, metastatic carcinoma to the peritoneum, and malignant mesothelioma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (peritoneum neoplasm) New abnormal tissue of the peritoneum 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
  • Tumors or cancer of the PERITONEUM.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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