Pathologic Function
skin nodule
skin nod·ule
Definitions related to skin nodule:
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A benign or malignant round or oval and elevated solid lesion that arises from the skin or subcutaneous tissue.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Morphologically similar to a papule, but greater than either 10mm in both width and depth, and most frequently centered in the dermis or subcutaneous fat.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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