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ANAPLASIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("anaplasia" is a kind of...):

dysplasia (abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth)

Derivation:

anaplastic (of or relating to anaplasia)

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 Context examples: 

Wilms tumor of the kidney characterized by the presence of nuclear anaplasia.

(Anaplastic Renal Wilms Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)