Neoplastic Process
uterus neoplasm
u·ter·us ne·o·plasm [ yoo-ter-uhs nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Genital Neoplasms, Female; Uterine Diseases
Definitions related to uterine neoplasms:
  • (uterus neoplasm) New abnormal uterine 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 uterine corpus or the cervix. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include leiomyoma, adenomyoma, and endocervical polyp. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include endometrial carcinoma, carcinosarcoma, and cervical carcinoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the uterus.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Tumors or cancer of the UTERUS.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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