neoplasm (redirected from Degree of differentiation)

ne·o·plasm  (n-plzm)

n.

An abnormal new growth of tissue in animals or plants; a tumor.

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neo·plastic (-plstk) adj.

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neoplasm [ˈniːəʊˌplæzəm]

n

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol any abnormal new growth of tissue; tumour

neoplastic  [ˌniːəʊˈplæstɪk] adj

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neoplasm  (n-plzm)

An abnormal growth of tissue in animals or plants. Neoplasms can be benign or malignant. Also called tumor.

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neoplastic adjective (n-plstk)

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neoplasm

any abnormal formation or growth of tissue such as a tumor. — neoplastic, adj.

See also: Growth

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any abnormal formation or growth of tissue, as a tumor. — neoplastic, adj.

See also: Body, Human

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the abnormal development of benign or cancerous tissue. — neoplastic, adj.

See also: Cancer

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

neoplasm - an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose tumor, tumour growth - (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor) acanthoma, skin tumor - a neoplasm originating in the epidermis angioma - a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels benign tumor, benign tumour, nonmalignant neoplasm, nonmalignant tumor, nonmalignant tumour - a tumor that is not cancerous blastocytoma, blastoma, embryonal carcinosarcoma - a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells brain tumor, brain tumour - a tumor in the brain carcinoid - a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin celioma - an abdominal tumor granuloma - a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection adipose tumor, lipoma - a tumor consisting of fatty tissue malignant neoplasm, malignant tumor, metastatic tumor - a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body meningioma - a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant neurilemoma, neurofibroma - tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve neuroma - any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system phaeochromocytoma, pheochromocytoma - a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension pinealoma - tumor of the pineal gland plasmacytoma - neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow) psammoma, sand tumor - a tumor derived from fibrous tissue of the meninges or choroid plexus or certain other structures associated with the brain; characterized by sandlike particles teratoma - a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site