Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to, exhibiting, or characterized by metaplasm.
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- adjective of, relating to, or produced by
metaplasia
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Examples
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In fact, the so-called metaplastic bone on the heads of horned dinosaurs grows and dissolves, or resorbs, throughout life like no other bone, Horner said, and is reminiscent of the growth and loss of horns today in elk and deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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In fact, the so-called metaplastic bone on the heads of horned dinosaurs grows and dissolves, or resorbs, throughout life like no other bone, Horner said, and is reminiscent of the growth and loss of horns today in elk and deer.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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These all act as extensions of our own brains, forming what Malafouris describes as a "metaplastic" system - a feedback loop between our brain's own neurology and the cultural and material demands on it.
Will Designer Brains Divide Humanity? William Harryman 2009
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A metaplastic response often occurs with chronic irritation and inflammation.
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Normal endocervical epithelium usually expressed cyclin D1, although staining was typically focal, and there was increased immunoreactivity in reactive and metaplastic glandular cells including tubo-endometrioid metaplasia.
Naturejobs - All Jobs Leonie Little 2010
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Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis reveal a dense structure composed of metaplastic bone with a variety of extremely fibrous and acellular tissue.
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Any hypothesis testing of head butting in pachycephalosaurids, combat in ceratopsids or similar agonistic encounters must take into account the fact that the skulls of these dinosaurs are composed largely of metaplastic tissue.
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The red arrows in (C) point to a surface that is degrading with no sign of metaplasia with a thin metaplastic veneer.
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Lambros MB, Robertson D, Jones RL, Jones C, et al. (2007) Caveolin 1 is overexpressed and amplified in a subset of basal-like and metaplastic breast carcinomas: a morphologic, ultrastructural, immunohistochemical, and in situ hybridization analysis.
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Coronal histological sections of the frontoparietal dome of an adult Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis reveal a dense structure composed of metaplastic bone with a variety of extremely fibrous and acellular tissue.
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