Neoplastic Process
nasopharyngeal neoplasm
na·so·pha·ryn·ge·al ne·o·plasm
Subclass of:
Nasopharyngeal Diseases; Pharyngeal Neoplasms
Definitions related to nasopharyngeal neoplasms:
  • A benign or malignant neoplasm affecting the nasopharynx. Representative examples of benign neoplasms include angiofibroma and squamous papilloma. Representative examples of malignant neoplasms include keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma and nonkeratinizing carcinoma.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • New abnormal nasopharyngeal 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; nasopharyngeal refers to region of the body in the respiratory system between the nose and the pharynx at the level of the soft palate, including the nasopharynx, which is nasal part of the pharynx above the level of the soft palate.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Tumors or cancer of the NASOPHARYNX.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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