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Pronunciation: /metaplasia*/

metaplasia

Definition

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.

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National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis

granisetron

poikiloderma congenitale

film mammography

Dilantin

gastrectomy

mitotic inhibitor

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tivumecirnon

Cysview

hTERT mRNA /survivin peptide-double-loaded autologous dendritic cell vaccine

technetium Tc 99m-labeled macroaggregated albumin

broad-spectrum human papillomavirus vaccine V505

MEK inhibitor IMM-6-415

cetrelimab

soluble corn fiber prebiotic supplement

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somatic variant

hereditary predisposition

microsatellite

deleterious mutation

multigene test

MGPT

mutation analysis

variable expressivity

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