Neoplastic Process
vulva neoplasm
vul·va ne·o·plasm [ vuhl-vuh nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Genital Neoplasms, Female; Vulvar Diseases
Definitions related to vulvar neoplasms:
  • (vulva neoplasm) New abnormal vulval 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 vulva. Representative examples include Bartholin gland adenoma, vulvar nodular hidradenoma, vulvar carcinoma, and vulvar melanoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the female external genital tract (vulva).
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Tumors or cancer of the VULVA.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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