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sialometaplasia

sialometaplasia noun: a benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.

Noun

sialometaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural sialometaplasias)

  1. A benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.

Forms of sialometaplasia

pluralsialometaplasias

Origin of sialometaplasia

From sialo- + metaplasia.

Questions about sialometaplasia

What does sialometaplasia mean?
Sialometaplasia means a benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.
What part of speech is sialometaplasia?
Sialometaplasia is a noun.
What is the plural of sialometaplasia?
The plural of sialometaplasia is sialometaplasias.

Words near sialometaplasia in the dictionary

  1. sialome
  2. sialomes
  3. sialometabolism
  4. sialometabolite
  5. sialometabolites
  6. sialometaplasia
  7. sialometaplasias
  8. sialometric
  9. sialometry
  10. sialomic
  11. sialomics

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