different between anaplasia vs anaplastic

English

Etymology

ana- +? -plasia

Noun

anaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural anaplasias)

1. (biology) A reversion of differentiation in cells that is characteristic of malignancy in tumours.

Derived terms

• anaplasic

Translations

See also

• dysplasia
• hyperplasia
• metaplasia
• neoplasia

Italian

Etymology

Ancient Greek ana- +? -plasia

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasie)

1. anaplasia

Further reading

• anaplasia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

1. (cytology, oncology) anaplasia (reversion of differentiation in cells)

Further reading

• “anaplasia” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

1. (cytology, oncology) anaplasia (reversion of differentiation in cells)

Related terms

• anaplásico

Further reading

• “anaplasia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

anaplasty +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn??plæst?k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

anaplastic (not comparable)

1. (oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
2. (surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.

Derived terms

• anaplastic astrocytoma
• anaplastic carcinoma

Related terms

• anaplasia
• anaplasma
• anaplasmataceae
• anaplastology

Romanian

Etymology

From French anaplastique

Adjective

anaplastic m or n (feminine singular anaplastic?, masculine plural anaplastici, feminine and neuter plural anaplastice)

1. anaplastic

Declension