DYSPLASIA


Meaning of DYSPLASIA in English

[ dɪs'pleɪzɪə ]

■ noun Medicine the enlargement of an organ or tissue by the proliferation of abnormal cells.

Derivatives

dysplastic adjective

Origin

1930s: from dys- + Gk plasis 'formation'.

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