Relating to or characterized by the loss of distinctive cell features.
Describes cancer cells that divide rapidly and have little or no resemblance to normal cells from which they were derived.
A tumor that has no resemblance to the normal tissue of the involved organ when viewed under a microscope.
A change in the structure of the cells associated with a higher-grade tumor.
Pertaining to adult cells that have changed irreversibly toward more primitive cell types. Such changes are often malignant.
Rapidly growing and multiplying cell (cancer)
A term used to describe cancer cells that divide rapidly and bear little or no resemblance to normal cells.