National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 23, 2024
Preferred Name

Metaplasia

Synonyms

Metaplastic Change

METAPLASIA

Metaplasia

metaplasia

Definitions

Transformation of a mature, normal cell or groups of mature cells to other forms of mature cells. The capacity for malignant transformation of metaplastic cells is a subject of controversy.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C3236

ALT_DEFINITION

A change of cells to a form that does not normally occur in the tissue in which it is found.

Conversion of a mature, normal cell or groups of mature cells to other forms of mature cells.

code

C3236

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C120531

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

Transformation of a mature, normal cell or groups of mature cells to other forms of mature cells. The capacity for malignant transformation of metaplastic cells is a subject of controversy.

FULL_SYN

Metaplastic Change

METAPLASIA

Metaplasia

metaplasia

label

Metaplasia

Legacy Concept Name

Metaplasia

Preferred_Name

Metaplasia

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C3236

Semantic_Type

Finding

UMLS_CUI

C0025568

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C35867

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