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UNDIFFERENTIATED
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I. (adjective)
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dedifferentiated (having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function)
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differentiated (made different (especially in the course of development) or shown to be different)
Context examples:
Blast cells are in an immature (undifferentiated) stage in cellular development, occurring before the appearance of the definitive characteristics exhibited by fully differentiated cells.
(Blast Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by an infiltrative growth pattern and is subdivided into low grade and undifferentiated (high grade) stromal sarcoma.
(Endometrioid Stromal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
Their classification and grading are based on the various cell types and the percent of undifferentiated cells.
(Endometrial Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A primary endometrioid adenocarcinoma of the endometrium characterized by the presence of a component with undifferentiated malignant cells.
(Endometrial Endometrioid Adenocarcinoma with an Undifferentiated Carcinomatous Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A high grade glial neoplasm consisting chiefly of undifferentiated anaplastic cells of glial origin that show marked nuclear pleomorphism.
(Mouse Glioblastoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A primitive, undifferentiated blood cell which can undergo division and will give rise to a cell in the basophil lineage.
(Bone Marrow Stem Cell Committed to the Basophil Lineage, NCI Thesaurus)
Lesion is composed predominantly of granulocytic and/or relatively undifferentiated non-lymphoid hematopoietic cells
(Mouse Granulocytic Sarcoma, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
It is subdivided into undifferentiated and differentiated types, based on the cytologic features of the malignant cells.
(Nasopharyngeal Nonkeratinizing Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It includes the following types: keratinizing squamous cell carcinoma, nonkeratinizing carcinoma (differentiated and undifferentiated), basaloid squamous cell carcinoma, and papillary adenocarcinoma.
(Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes nanos homolog 3 protein, plays a role in maintaining germ cells in an undifferentiated state.
(NANOS3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)