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abnormal

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000107

Not normal. Describes a state, condition, or behavior that is unusual or different from what is considered normal. In medicine, an abnormal lesion or growth in or on the body may be benign (not cancer), precancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called atypical.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000107
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsatypical
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000107",
  "term": "abnormal",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Not normal. Describes a state, condition, or behavior that is unusual or different from what is considered normal. In medicine, an abnormal lesion or growth in or on the body may be benign (not cancer), precancerous or premalignant (likely to become cancer), or malignant (cancer). Also called atypical.",
  "synonyms": [
    "atypical"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/abnormal/"
}

Record 183 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.