ər noun Pathology.
the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
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heteroplasia het·er·o·pla·sia (hět'ə-rō-plā'zhə, -zhē-ə)
n.
The development of cytologic and histologic elements that are not normal for the organ or part in which they occur.
Malposition of tissue or a part that is otherwise normal.
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