"metaplasia" meaning in English

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          "word": "agnogenic myeloid metaplasia"
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        {
          "word": "chondrometaplasia"
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          "word": "cytometaplasia"
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        {
          "word": "metaplasic"
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          "word": "sialometaplasia"
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          "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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          "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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          "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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          "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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          "word": "метаплази́я"
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          "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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      "sense": "conversion of one type of tissue into another",
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      "word": "métaplasie"
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      "word": "metaplasia"
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