Metaplasia

Introduction: Metaplasia

Description of Metaplasia

Metaplasia: A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.
Source: National Institute of Health

Metaplasia: transformation of a normal to a similar but abnormal mature cell type.
Source: CRISP

Metaplasia: A condition in which there is a change of one adult cell type to another similar adult cell type.
Source: MeSH 2007

Metaplasia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Metaplasia:

• Abnormal
• Abnormal pain (6 causes)
• Transformation
• Adult
• Adult syndrome
• Differentiated
• Tissue
• Acquired

Terms associated with Metaplasia:

Related Topics

• Myeloid Metaplasia

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Metaplasia:

• Neovascularization, Pathologic

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Metaplasia

• Pathologic Processes

Source - MeSH 2007

• sign /symptom

Source - CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Metaplasia

The following list attempts to classify Metaplasia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Pathologic Processes
    • Metaplasia

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