anaplasia

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anaplasia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  anaplasia \anaplasia\ n.
     1. loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group
        of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication,
        as in a malignant tumor.
        [WordNet 1.5]

anaplasia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  anaplasia
      n 1: loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group
           of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication,
           as in a malignant tumor