ANAPLASTIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anaplastic mean? 

• ANAPLASTIC (adjective)
  The adjective ANAPLASTIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to anaplasia

  Familiarity information: ANAPLASTIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAPLASTIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to anaplasia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

anaplasia (loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor)

Derivation:

anaplasia (loss of structural differentiation within a cell or group of cells often with increased capacity for multiplication, as in a malignant tumor)

 Context examples 

There are four histologic variants: anaplastic medulloblastoma, desmoplastic/nodular medulloblastoma, large cell medulloblastoma, and medulloblastoma with extensive nodularity.

(Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A carcinoma that affects the minor salivary glands and is characterized by the presence of undifferentiated, anaplastic malignant epithelial cells.

(Minor Salivary Gland Undifferentiated Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a role in the development of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

(MIR138-1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Alteration in the expression of this gene is associated with development of anaplastic thyroid carcinoma.

(MIR138-1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An anaplastic large cell lymphoma that affects the brain, meninges, or spinal cord.

(Central Nervous System Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This fusion is associated with both inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors and anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

(CARS/ALK Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the following clinicopathological entities: pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, subependymal giant cell astrocytoma, and glioblastoma.

(Astrocytic Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

It includes the following clinicopathological entities: pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma.

(Astrocytoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A chromosomal inversion inv(2)(p23q35) involving this gene and the ALK gene is associated with rare cases of ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

(ATIC wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This rearrangement is associated with rare cases of anaplastic large cell lymphoma.

(ATIC/ALK Fusion Gene, NCI Thesaurus)