pleomorphism in English

noun
1
the occurrence of more than one distinct form of a natural object, such as a crystalline substance, a virus, the cells in a tumor, or an organism at different stages of the life cycle.
Vascular invasion, mitosis, and cell pleomorphism are not observed in cases of bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.
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1. Microscopically, there are spindle to oblong cells with hyperchromatism and pleomorphism.

2. Despite their evident pleomorphism which comes from being able to emit and resorb extensions of cytoplasm, active Amoebae do have a front and a back

3. The histologic determination of the degree of tissue anaplasia and grade of malignancy of gliomas is based upon qualitative histological features (nuclear pleomorphism, mitoses, endothelial proliferation, tumor necrosis).

4. The features that suggest Calcifications are malignant are clustering, pleomorphism (Calcifications of different sizes, density and shapes), the presence of rod- and branching-shaped Calcifications, and a ductal distribution ( …