neoplasm (ne'o-plasm). 1

A new autonomous, abnormal ma of cells, ti ues or organs resembling those normally present but arranged atypically. It grows at the expense of the organism without subserving any useful function. 2. A tumor, benign n. A neoplasm like normal ti ue, not spreading by metastases or infiltration of ti ue, histoid n. A 11. in which the structure suggests merely the ti ues and elements of which it is composed. inflammatory fungoid n. See mycosis fungoides, under mycosis, malignant n. An. that grows rapidly, infiltrates ti ue, forms metastases, and tends towards recurrence after removal, mixed n. A n. containing ti ues from two of the germinal layers, multicentric n. A n. arising from several distinct groups of cells. or ganoid n. A n. in which the structure suggests some organ of the body. uni centric n. A n. arising from one group of cells. [Gr., neos, new, + pla ein, to mold.] neoplasty (ne'o-plas-te). for the formation of a part Any operation anew. [Gr., neos, new, + pla ein, to mold.]