Neoplastic Process
stomach neoplasm
stom·ach ne·o·plasm [ stuhm-uhk nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms;
Stomach Diseases
Definitions related to stomach neoplasms:
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(gastric neoplasm) A benign or malignant neoplasm involving the stomach.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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New abnormal gastric 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 ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Tumors or cancer of the STOMACH.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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(neoplasm of the stomach) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the stomach.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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