CATAPLASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cataplasia mean? 

• CATAPLASIA (noun)
  The noun CATAPLASIA has 1 sense:

1. (biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form

  Familiarity information: CATAPLASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CATAPLASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("cataplasia" is a kind of...):

degeneration; retrogression (passing from a more complex to a simpler biological form)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Derivation:

cataplastic (of or relating to cataplasia)