anaplastic
American
[an-uh-plas-tik]
/ ˌæn əˈplæs tɪk /
adjective
Pathology.
-
(of cells) having reverted to a more primitive form.
-
of or relating to anaplasty.
anaplastic
British
/ ˌænəˈplæstɪk /
adjective
-
of or relating to anaplasia
-
relating to plastic surgery
Etymology
Origin of anaplastic
1875–80; < Greek anáplast ( os ) moldable, plastic ( see ana-, -plast) + -ic
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
