anaplastic

[ an-uh-plas-tik ]

/ ˌæn əˈplæs tɪk /

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adjective Pathology.

(of cells) having reverted to a more primitive form.

of or relating to anaplasty.

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Origin of anaplastic

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

Words nearby anaplastic

anaphrodisiac, anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis, anaplasia, anaplasmosis, anaplastic, anaplasty, Anápolis, anapophysial, anapophysis, an apple a day

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How to use anaplastic in a sentence

That’s when she said the tumor was an anaplastic astrocytoma, and that the survival rate for this cell type and grade was low.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.|Jeff Henigson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
If you survived anaplastic astrocytoma, then you are the outcome of a miracle of biblical proportion.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.|Jeff Henigson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
People with anaplastic astrocytomas do not survive long — certainly not 35 years.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.|Jeff Henigson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
I felt compelled to reach out because it is simply so unusual that you survived anaplastic astrocytoma.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.|Jeff Henigson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post

It was from a neuropathologist, Karl Schwarz, whose work focused in part on anaplastic astrocytomas, the cancer tissue found in my teenage brain.
My life was upended for 35 years by a cancer diagnosis. A doctor just told me I was misdiagnosed.|Jeff Henigson|March 26, 2021|Washington Post

British Dictionary definitions for anaplastic

anaplastic

/ (ˌænəˈplæstɪk) /

adjective

of or relating to anaplasia

relating to plastic surgery

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