metaplasia
- noun
- /ˌmɛtəˈpleɪziə/
- Specialized
- Successful skin graft take and pseudomucinous metaplasia of the grafts were achieved in all patients.
- osseous metaplasia
- cartilaginous metaplasia
- oncocytic metaplasia
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Finally, Spechler showed that carcinoma can arise in foci of metaplasia, which is usually a consequence of chronic inflammation.
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Metaplasia is the conversion of one fully differentiated cell type to another fully differentiated cell type.
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Oncocytic metaplasia of the laryngeal mucosa is rare.
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We are reporting an unusual case of cartilaginous metaplasia in the aortic valve of an elderly patient.
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Patients identified as category D have severe mucosal atrophy associated with intestinal metaplasia.
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Therefore, successful metaplasia in the graft mucosa also plays an important role in the sensitivity and elasticity of the newly created vagina.
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There have also been reports of osseous metaplasia occurring in the cardiac valves and gastrointestinal tract.
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Cartilaginous metaplasia in the mammalian aortic valve is an uncommon pathologic finding.
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We believe that this is the first reported case of osseous metaplasia within the maxillary sinus that was triggered by endoscopic sinus surgery.
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The process of metaplasia involves the transformation of one type of mature cell into another due to stress or injury.
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Surface Forms
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.