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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, after
  • intestin/oRoot(Latin) Intestine
  • -alSuffix(Latin) Pertaining to
  • -plasiaSuffix(Greek) Formation, development, growth

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