metaplastic carcinoma

noun

A heterogeneous group of cancers that exhibit varied patterns of metaplasia and differentiation along multiple cell lines.

Meanings

nounmetaplastic carcinoma (countable and uncountable, plural metaplastic carcinomas)

plural metaplastic carcinomas

  1. countableuncountablemedicineA heterogeneous group of cancers that exhibit varied patterns of metaplasia and differentiation along multiple cell lines.
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