Anaplastic Definition

ănə-plăstĭk
adjective
Characterized by a reversion to a more primitive, imperfectly developed form.
Webster's New World
Relating to the surgical restoration of a lost or absent part.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or characterized by cells that have become less differentiated.
American Heritage Medicine

(oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.

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