NEOPLASM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neoplasm mean? 

• NEOPLASM (noun)
  The noun NEOPLASM has 1 sense:

1. an abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

  Familiarity information: NEOPLASM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEOPLASM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

neoplasm; tumor; tumour

Hypernyms ("neoplasm" is a kind of...):

growth ((pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neoplasm"):

malignant neoplasm; malignant tumor; metastatic tumor (a tumor that is malignant and tends to spread to other parts of the body)

teratoma (a tumor consisting of a mixture of tissues not normally found at that site)

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)

plasmacytoma (neoplasm of plasma cells (usually in bone marrow))

pinealoma (tumor of the pineal gland)

phaeochromocytoma; pheochromocytoma (a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension)

neuroma (any tumor derived from cells of the nervous system)

neurilemoma; neurofibroma (tumor of the fibrous covering of a peripheral nerve)

meningioma (a tumor arising in the meninges which surround the brain and spinal cord; usually slow growing and sometimes malignant)

acanthoma; skin tumor (a neoplasm originating in the epidermis)

adipose tumor; lipoma (a tumor consisting of fatty tissue)

granuloma (a tumor composed of granulation tissue resulting from injury or inflammation or infection)

celioma (an abdominal tumor)

carcinoid (a small tumor (benign or malignant) arising from the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract; usually associated with excessive secretion of serotonin)

brain tumor; brain tumour (a tumor in the brain)

blastocytoma; blastoma; embryonal carcinosarcoma (a tumor composed of immature undifferentiated cells)

benign tumor; benign tumour; nonmalignant neoplasm; nonmalignant tumor; nonmalignant tumour (a tumor that is not cancerous)

angioma (a tumor consisting of a mass of blood or lymphatic vessels)

Derivation:

neoplastic (of or related to or having the properties of a neoplasm)

 Context examples 

A neoplasm, originating from glandular epithelium, exhibiting polypoid growth, for which the malignancy status has not been determined.

(Adenomatous Polyp, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign neoplasm characterized by the presence of a glandular and a mesenchymal (fibromyomatous) component.

(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance present in or produced by a tumor or by the host, that can be used for differentiating neoplasms that are likely to metastasize from those that are unlikely to metastasize.

(Metastasis and Aggressiveness Marker, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare neoplasm usually occurring in infants.

(Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm arising from epithelium.

(Adenoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A benign, slow growing neoplasm arising from tooth-forming tissues.

(Adenomatoid Odontogenic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

A benign neoplasm characterized by the presence of a glandular and a mesenchymal component.

(Adenomyoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

An epithelial neoplasm composed of malignant glandular and malignant squamous cells.

(Adenosquamous carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The majority of the neoplasms arise from meningothelial cells and are called meningiomas.

(Meningeal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

A usually well differentiated melanocytic neoplasm arising from the meninges.

(Meningeal Melanocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)