National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Plaque
Synonyms

Plaque Tissue

Plaque

plaque

Definitions

Abnormal tissue that results from the progressive accumulation or deposit of certain substances in a body cavity, surface, or lumen.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C95603

ALT_DEFINITION

In medicine, a small, abnormal patch of tissue on a body part or an organ. Plaques may also be a build-up of substances from a fluid, such as cholesterol in the blood vessels.

code

C95603

DEFINITION

Abnormal tissue that results from the progressive accumulation or deposit of certain substances in a body cavity, surface, or lumen.

FULL_SYN

Plaque Tissue

Plaque

plaque

label

Plaque

Preferred_Name

Plaque

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C95603

Semantic_Type

Body Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0332461

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C70699

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