Neoplasm
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- bone neoplasm
- breast neoplasm; mammary gland neoplasm
- cardiac neoplasm
- chondroid neoplasm (cartilage neoplasm)
- cyst
- digestive system neoplasm
- embryonal neoplasm
- endocrine neoplasm
- epithelial neoplasm
- germ cell neoplasm
- head & neck neoplasm
- hematologic neoplasm
- hereditary neoplastic syndrome; cancer susceptibility syndrome
- hormone dependent neoplasm
- intraepithelial neoplasia
- malignant neoplasm (cancer)
- mediastinal neoplasm
- melanocytic neoplasm
- mucinous neoplam
- muscle tissue neoplasm
- neoplastic process
- nephroma
- nervous system neoplasm
- neuroectodermal neoplasm
- ocular neoplasm
- odontoma
- oncocytoma (oxyphilic adenoma)
- orbital neoplasm
- phyllodes tumor (cystosarcoma phyllodes)
- polyp
- precancerous condition
- respiratory tract neoplasm
- retroperitoneal neoplasm
- sex cord stromal tumor
- skin neoplasm
- soft (connective) tissue neoplasm
- solid tumor
- thymic neoplasm
- urogenital neoplasm
Introduction
- Abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal & continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease. Tumor may be used in the context: Swelling, one of the 4 signs of inflammation: Rubor, Calor, Dolor, Tumor.
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References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 23rd ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1982; pg 931
