pleomorphic

American  

[plee-uh-mawr-fik] / ˌpli əˈmɔr fɪk /

Or pleomorphous

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.

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Etymology

Origin of pleomorphic

First recorded in 1885–90; pleomorph(ism) + -ic

Example Sentences

Smith has received immunotherapy treatment for a rare form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, which he said had helped shrink his tumours significantly.

From BBC

She was initially told that, to remove the pleomorphic adenoma, surgeons would have to cut out her largest salivary gland, which contains the facial nerve.

From BBC

The 86-year-old told Australia's 10 News First programme he had pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma, a rare form of lung cancer.

From BBC

The cells show abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm with pleomorphic nuclei and prominent mitotic figures.

From Nature

Out of this alchemy of expansion and resentment came Ford, who died on Tuesday of pleomorphic liposarcoma, a rare form of cancer, at the age of forty-six.

From The New Yorker