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DYSPLASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("dysplasia" is a kind of...):
abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dysplasia"):
aplasia (failure of some tissue or organ to develop)
fibrous dysplasia of bone (a disturbance in which bone that is undergoing lysis is replaced by an abnormal proliferation of fibrous tissue resulting in bone lesions or skin lesions)
hypertrophy (abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ)
hyperplasia (abnormal increase in number of cells)
hypoplasia (underdevelopment of an organ because of a decrease in the number of cells)
anaplasia (loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor)
Derivation:
dysplastic (relating to or evidencing dysplasia)
Context examples:
A non-invasive mucinous cystic neoplasm that arises from the pancreas and is characterized by the presence of mild dysplasia and absence of mitotic figures.
(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with Low Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
There is cellular stratification, severe dysplasia, and high mitotic activity present.
(Pancreatic Non-Invasive Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Morphologically there is bowenoid dysplasia present.
(Penile Bowenoid Papulosis, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-invasive mucinous cystic neoplasm that arises from the pancreas and is characterized by the presence of moderate dysplasia.
(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with Intermediate Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
A non-invasive mucinous cystic neoplasm that arises from the pancreas and is characterized by the presence of severe dysplasia.
(Pancreatic Mucinous-Cystic Neoplasm with High Grade Dysplasia, NCI Thesaurus)
Hyperplasia and dysplasia of the dorsolateral prostate caused by implantation of testosterone and estradiol-17-filled silastic capsules.
(NBL, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)
A pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasm characterized by the presence of neoplastic epithelial cells that form thin-branching papillae and exhibit high grade dysplasia.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm, Pancreatobiliary-Type, NCI Thesaurus)
An epithelial neoplasm that arises from the exocrine pancreas characterized by the formation of tubular structures, high grade dysplasia, and ductal differentiation.
(Pancreatic Intraductal Tubulopapillary Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by the presence of serrated glands and the absence of generalized dysplasia.
(Appendix Sessile Serrated Adenoma/Polyp, NCI Thesaurus)
A myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by the principal involvement of the neutrophil series with leukocytosis and multilineage dysplasia.
(Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
