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metaplasia

metaplasia

9.9
One type of body cell changes into another type after injury or stress
  • noun
  • /ˌmɛtəˈpleɪziə/
  • Specialized
translation icon : metaplasia
  • Successful skin graft take and pseudomucinous metaplasia of the grafts were achieved in all patients.
  • osseous metaplasia
  • cartilaginous metaplasia
  • oncocytic metaplasia

Examples

  • Finally, Spechler showed that carcinoma can arise in foci of metaplasia, which is usually a consequence of chronic inflammation.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Metaplasia is the conversion of one fully differentiated cell type to another fully differentiated cell type.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Oncocytic metaplasia of the laryngeal mucosa is rare.

    Academic text (2009)
  • We are reporting an unusual case of cartilaginous metaplasia in the aortic valve of an elderly patient.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Patients identified as category D have severe mucosal atrophy associated with intestinal metaplasia.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Therefore, successful metaplasia in the graft mucosa also plays an important role in the sensitivity and elasticity of the newly created vagina.

    Academic text (2012)
  • There have also been reports of osseous metaplasia occurring in the cardiac valves and gastrointestinal tract.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Cartilaginous metaplasia in the mammalian aortic valve is an uncommon pathologic finding.

    Academic text (2007)
  • We believe that this is the first reported case of osseous metaplasia within the maxillary sinus that was triggered by endoscopic sinus surgery.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The process of metaplasia involves the transformation of one type of mature cell into another due to stress or injury.

How Advanced

malignancy
  • Specialized
5 8.0
cancerization
  • Specialized
9.9
carcinoma in situ
  • Specialized
1 7.4
neoplastic
  • Specialized
1 9.4
precancerous
  • Specialized
2 5.8
metaplasia
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

metaplasia singular
metaplasias plural

Morphology

metaplasia = meta + plas + ia

The medical sense uses the same classical elements, but the meaning is highly specialized and not recoverable from ordinary English word knowledge.

Etymology

Metaplasia comes from the Greek parts meta- 'change' and -plasia 'formation'. So in medicine metaplasia describes cells that 'change form' into another type, often after injury or long irritation, and that is why doctors check for it.