anaplastic

[ an-uh-plas-tik ]

adjective

, Pathology.

1. (of cells) having reverted to a more primitive form.
2. of or relating to anaplasty.

anaplastic

/ ˌænəˈplæstɪk /

adjective

1. of or relating to anaplasia
2. relating to plastic surgery

Word History and Origins

Origin of anaplastic¹

1875–80; < Greek anáplast ( os ) moldable, plastic ( ana-, -plast ) + -ic

Example Sentences

That’s when she said the tumor was an anaplastic astrocytoma, and that the survival rate for this cell type and grade was low.

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If you survived anaplastic astrocytoma, then you are the outcome of a miracle of biblical proportion.

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People with anaplastic astrocytomas do not survive long — certainly not 35 years.

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I felt compelled to reach out because it is simply so unusual that you survived anaplastic astrocytoma.

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It was from a neuropathologist, Karl Schwarz, whose work focused in part on anaplastic astrocytomas, the cancer tissue found in my teenage brain.

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