Anaplasia

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Reversion of cells to an immature or a less differentiated form, as occurs in most malignant tumors.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In pathology, the sum of the morphological, structural, chemical, and other alterations which cells undergo when assuming the characteristics of malignancy.
  • n. Same as anaplasis.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dysplasia   
    Cross Reference
    dysplasia    hyperplasia    metaplasia    neoplasia   
    Form
    anaplasic   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    abasia    euthanasia   
     
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