metaplasia

metaplasia
metaplastic /met'euh plas"tik/, adj.
/met'euh play"zheuh, -zhee euh/, n. Pathol.
the transformation of one type of tissue into another.
[1885-90; META- + -PLASIA]

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      in zoology, the conversion of one type of living cell or group of cells into another as a means of regeneration. For example, the damaged or removed lens of a salamander eye is replaced through the transformation of nearby pigmented iris cells into lens cells. The regeneration of brain tissue from epidermis in annelid worms is another well-documented example of metaplasia. The term metaplasia also refers to the abnormal replacement of cells of one type by those of another type.

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