anaplasia

English

Etymology

ana- +‎ -plasia

Noun

anaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural anaplasias)

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

Derived terms

anaplasic

Translations

reversion of differentiation in cells

Catalan: anaplàsia f
Italian: anaplasia (it) f

Portuguese: anaplasia f
Spanish: anaplasia f

See also

Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek ana- +‎ -plasia

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasie)

anaplasia

Further reading

anaplasia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

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

Further reading

“anaplasia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

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

Related terms

anaplásico

Further reading

“anaplasia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

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