Intestinal metaplasia
Also called Stomach lining changing to look like bowel
GastroenterologyPathologyImportant
The transformation of gastric mucosa into a cellular phenotype resembling intestinal mucosa.
Korean
장상피화생
위 점막이 장 상피와 유사한 세포 형태로 변환되는 것; 위암 전구 병변으로 간주됨.
French
Métaplasie intestinale
Transformation de la muqueuse gastrique en un phénotype cellulaire ressemblant à la muqueuse intestinale.
Word parts
meta-Prefix(Greek) Change, beyond, afterintestin/oRoot(Latin) Intestine-alSuffix(Latin) Pertaining to-plasiaSuffix(Greek) Formation, development, growth