adjective
- relating to or characterized by metaplasia, the replacement of one type of adult cell or tissue with another
Usage: medical; pathology
Examples
- The pathologist identified metaplastic changes in the bronchial epithelium.
- Metaplastic breast carcinoma is a rare form of invasive breast cancer.
- The biopsy showed metaplastic transformation of the gastric mucosa.
- Chronic irritation can lead to metaplastic alterations in tissue structure.
- The metaplastic process was evident in the cervical cells examined.
- Researchers studied the metaplastic response to environmental toxins.