anaplasia

English

Etymology

From ana- +‎ -plasia.

Noun

anaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural anaplasias)

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

Antonyms

• prosoplasia

Derived terms

• anaplasic

Translations

reversion of differentiation in cells

• Catalan: anaplàsia f
• Italian: anaplasia (it) f
• Portuguese: anaplasia f
• Spanish: anaplasia f

See also

• dysplasia
• hyperplasia
• metaplasia
• neoplasia

Italian

Etymology

From 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.plaˈzi.ɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.plaˈzi.ɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.na.plaˈzi.a/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nɐ.plɐˈzi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: a‧na‧pla‧si‧a

Noun

anaplasia f (plural anaplasias)

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

Further reading

• “anaplasia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10