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metaplasia

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metaplasia [¦med·ə′plā·zhə]
(pathology)
Transformation of one form of tissue to another.


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A biopsy of the ulcer was taken, and a diagnosis of squamocellular metaplasia was made.
2], Fischer and Wistar rats showed a very high incidence of dose-related pancreatic metaplasia, as reflected by pancreatic hepatocyte formation (Konishi et al.
An antigen-positive area in a bronchus of this animal showed distinctive epithelial cell proliferation and squamous metaplasia, as opposed to a negative zone, which was lined by normal columnar epithelium (Figure 3).
 
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