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metaplasia Definition

meta·pla·sia (met′ə plā′z̸hə)

noun

  1. abnormal change of one type of adult tissue to another
  2. conversion of one tissue into another, as of cartilage into bone

Etymology: meta- + -plasia

metaplasia Related Forms

met′a·plas′·tic (-plas′tik) adjective

metaplasia Usage Examples

Converse of object

specialize: There was 80 % agreement in the definition of BO ( columnar lined esophagus containing specialized intestinal metaplasia on biopsy ).

Adjective modifier

  • agnogenic: There are several of these: polycythaemia vera, chronic myeloid leukemia, essential thrombocythaemia, and agnogenic myeloid metaplasia.
  • myeloid: Our results are in keeping with the assumption that generalization, indicated by myeloid metaplasia, has a prodigious impact on prognosis in IMF.
  • squamous: This has happened in this example; over the surface there is extensive squamous metaplasia.
  • intestinal: Biopsies taken from this area reveal an incomplete, patchy, intestinal metaplasia with goblet cells.