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Loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor
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anaplasia
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n. (context biology English) A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours
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n. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor
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Anaplasia (from ana , "backward" + πλάσις plasis , "formation") is a condition of cells in which they have poor cellular differentiation , losing the morphological characteristics of mature cells and their orientation with respect to each other and to endothelial ...
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anaplasia \anaplasia\ n. 1. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor.