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anaplasia

anaplasia

English

Noun

anaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural anaplasias)

  1. (biology) A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours

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Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek ana- + -plasia

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasie)

  1. anaplasia

Portuguese

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

  1. (cytology, oncology) anaplasia (reversion of differentiation in cells)