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CATAPLASIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
Classified under:
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)
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