Definition of Anaplastic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to anaplasia.

Partainyms: Anaplasia
Derivative terms: Anaplasia

Definition of Anaplastic

1. a. Of or pertaining to anaplasty.

Definition of Anaplastic

1. Adjective. (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. ¹

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Definition of Anaplastic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Anaplastic

1. Relating to anaplasia or anaplasty. Origin: Gr. Plassein = to form (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaplastic

anaphylactoid purpura
anaphylactoid shock
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin inactivator
anaphylatoxins
anaphylaxes
anaphylaxis
anaplasia
anaplasias
anaplasic
anaplasma
anaplasmataceae
anaplasmataceae infections
anaplasmoses
anaplasmosis
anaplastic (current term)
anaplastic astrocytoma
anaplastic carcinoma
anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid
anaplastic cell
anaplastic large cell lymphoma
anaplasty
anaplerosis
anapnograph
anapnographs
anapnoic
anapodeictic
anapodota
anapodoton

Literary usage of Anaplastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1855)
"After more than two months' confinement in this way, failing to effect a cure by milder means, I proposed to him an anaplastic operation. ..."

2. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"... anaplastic neurinomas in rats. Intravenous administration of 7V-nitroso-7V-methylurea also induced adenocarcinomas of the small and large intestines, ..."

3. Travels in Europe and the East ...: In the Years 1834, '35, '36, '37, '38 by Valentine Mott (1845)
"In the city of Dresden, Dr. Von Amman holds the same distinguished rank in anaplastic Surgery—as the general science of patch- K ..."

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