metaplasia
noun
the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
metaplastic
-
a word derived from
metaplasia.
Example Sentences
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When F. nucleatum was introduced directly into breast ducts, it caused metaplastic and hyperplastic lesions, noncancerous changes where cells either grow excessively or shift into a different type.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 19, 2026
Out of the 1.6 million cells analysed was a new form, called a gut metaplastic cell.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
Yet the tumors into which they develop, which account for roughly 15 to 30 percent of colorectal cancers, contain many "metaplastic" cells that are particularly invasive and resistant to treatments.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Her cancer, metaplastic squamous cell carcinoma, accounts for less than 2% of cases.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2022
Epithelium.—Epithelium is only reproduced from pre-existing epithelium, and, as a rule, from one of a similar type, although metaplastic transformation of cells of one kind of epithelium into another kind can take place.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
