neoplasia
neoplasia (nee-oh-play-ziă) n. abnormal growth of cells that is purposeless, independent of the body's growth-regulating mechanisms, and continues after the initiating stimulus has been removed. See CIN, MENS, prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. Compare hyperplasia, hypertrophy.
—neoplastic (nee-oh-plast-ik) adj.
—neoplastic (nee-oh-plast-ik) adj.
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