Neoplastic Process
thyroid neoplasm
thy·roid ne·o·plasm [ thahy-roid nee-uh-plaz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms; Head and Neck Neoplasms; Thyroid Diseases
Definitions related to thyroid neoplasm:
  • (thyroid tumor) A neoplasm of the thyroid gland.
    NICHD Pediatric Terminology
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • New abnormal thyroid 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
  • Tumors or cancer of the THYROID GLAND.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (thyroid gland neoplasm) A benign or malignant neoplasm affecting the thyroid gland.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (neoplasm of the thyroid gland) A tumor (abnormal growth of tissue) of the thyroid gland.
    Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)
    The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
  • Thyroid tumour, any of various benign tumours (adenomas) or malignant tumours (cancers) of the thyroid gland. Thyroid tumours are very common, and their frequency of occurrence increases with age. In the United States they are detected by physical examination in approximately 5 percent of the adult...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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