Pertaining to or characterized by neoplasia, or containing a neoplasm A neoplasm is an abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal and continues to grow after the stimuli that initiated the new growth cease Neoplasms show partial or complete lack of structural organization and functional coordination with the normal tissue, and usually form a distinct mass of tissue that may be either benign (benign tumor) or malignant (cancer)
abnormal tissue that grows by cellular proliferation more rapidly than normal It continues to grow even after the stimuli for growth has ceased They are usually characterized by a lack of structural organization and function
describes cells which are reproducing in an uncontrolled manner (i e tumors or cancer)