Neoplastic Process
pharynx neoplasm
phar·ynx ne·o·plasm [ far-ingks nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms; Pharyngeal Diseases
Definitions related to pharyngeal neoplasms:
  • (pharynx neoplasm) New abnormal pharnyngeal 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.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • A benign or malignant neoplasm that affects the nasopharynx, oropharynx, or hypopharynx.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Tumors or cancer of the PHARYNX.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • (neoplasm of the pharynx) A neoplasm originating in the pharynx.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2025
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