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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesmetaplasia
Pronunciation / Transliteration: me-ta-pla-zi-a
"La metaplasia è una risposta adattativa delle cellule agli insulti cronici."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The reversible replacement of one adult cell type by another adult cell type, often as a response to chronic irritation or stress.
"Chronic smoking can induce squamous metaplasia in the respiratory epithelium of the airways." - 2
A pathological or abnormal change in the structure or form of a tissue.
"Intestinal metaplasia in the stomach is considered a significant risk factor for gastric carcinoma."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek prefix meta- (denoting change or trans-) and plasma (something molded or formed). Coined in the 19th century within pathology to describe the structural transformation of one type of fully differentiated tissue into another.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Metaplasia" is said worldwide
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métaplasie
Transliteration: mey-ta-pla-zi
"La métaplasie est une modification réversible des tissus cellulaires."
Metaplasie
Transliteration: me-ta-pla-zi-e
"Metaplasie bezeichnet die Umdifferenzierung von Gewebe."
metaplasia
Transliteration: me-ta-pla-zi-a
"La metaplasia è una risposta adattativa delle cellule agli insulti cronici."
metaplasia
Transliteration: me-ta-pla-si-a
"La metaplasia bronquial es común en fumadores crónicos."
metaplasia
Transliteration: me-ta-pla-zi-a
"A metaplasia representa a substituição de um tipo celular por outro."
मेटाप्लासिया
Transliteration: metaplasia
"मेटाप्लासिया ऊतकों में होने वाला एक परिवर्तन है।"
化生
Transliteration: huà shēng
"化生是一种成熟细胞类型被另一种成熟细胞类型所替代的过程。"
화생
Transliteration: hwasaeng
"화생은 한 형태의 조직이 다른 형태의 조직으로 변하는 현상입니다."
化生
Transliteration: kasei
"化生は、ある分化した組織が別の分化した組織に置き換わる現象である。"
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