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uterine fibroid

uterine benign neoplasm derived from the smooth muscle layer of the uterus
MedicalCondition neoplasm Q556281
uterine fibroid
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Summary

uterine fibroid is a neoplasm[1]. It draws 3,526 Wikipedia views per month (neoplasm category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: class of disease[3]
  • Subclass of: uterine benign neoplasm[4], leiomyoma[5], disease[6]
  • Commons category: Uterine fibroids[7]
  • ICPC 2 ID: X78[8]
  • Anatomical location: uterus[9]
  • Facet of: women's health[10]
  • ICD-9-CM: 218[11], 218.9[12]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C3434[13]
  • Health specialty: oncology[14]
  • Genetic association: TNRC6B[15]
  • Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_13223[16], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:13223[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[18], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[19]

Why It Matters

uterine fibroid has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Related Entities

disease oncology women's health

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Epidemiological and genetic clues for molecular mechanisms involved in uterine leiomyoma development and growth.. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Phenocarta. Retrieved . gemma.msl.ubc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Disease Ontology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Identifiers.org. registry.identifiers.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    On focus list of wikimedia project → WikiProject Medicine, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia
    Health specialty → oncology
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