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DEDIFFERENTIATED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dedifferentiated mean?
• DEDIFFERENTIATED (adjective)
The adjective DEDIFFERENTIATED has 1 sense:
1. having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function
Familiarity information: DEDIFFERENTIATED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEDIFFERENTIATED (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having experienced or undergone dedifferentiation or the loss of specialization in form or function
Context example:
the hebephrenic--the most severely dedifferentiated of all schizophrenic patients
Similar:
undifferentiated; uniform (not differentiated)
Context examples
A malignant neoplasm characterized by the presence of a combination of liposarcomatous morphologic subtypes: myxoid/round cell and well differentiated/dedifferentiated liposarcoma or myxoid/round cell and pleomorphic liposarcoma.
(Mixed Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Representative morphologic variants include: well differentiated, dedifferentiated, pleomorphic, and myxoid/round cell liposarcoma.
(Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The tumor maybe one of several histologic types including well-differentiated, dedifferentiated, myxoid/round cell, and pleomorphic liposarcoma.
(Adult Liposarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)
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