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Descriptor English: Metaplasia
Descriptor Spanish: Metaplasia
Descriptor metaplasia
Scope note: Condición en la cual hay un cambio de un tipo de célula adulta por otro tipo de célula adulta similar.
Descriptor Portuguese: Metaplasia
Descriptor French: Métaplasie
Tree number(s): C23.550.589
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008679
Scope note: A condition in which there is a change of one adult cell type to another similar adult cell type.
Annotation: NIM; coord with organ /pathol (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8855
Unique ID: D008679
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Metaplasia - Preferred
Concept UI M0013525
Scope note A condition in which there is a change of one adult cell type to another similar adult cell type.
Preferred term Metaplasia



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