| 单词 | transitional cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmastransitional cell transitional cell n. Histology (a) any of various types of cell in (or believed to be in) a transitional stage of development; (b) any of the cells of the transitional epithelium of the urinary tract (frequently attributive). ΚΠ 1845 R. Owen Odontography I. p. xxxviii The chief points that remain to be determined are the relation of the dentinal pulp to the transitional cells between it and the dentine. 1890 W. Stirling Outl. Pract. Histol. 108 Transitional cells of bladder. 1916 L. W. Hill Man. Pract. Lab. Diagnosis ii. 69 They are called transitional cells, because they were formerly thought to be an intermediate stage in the development of the polymorphonuclear leucocyte. 1949 H. W. C. Vines Green's Man. Pathol. (ed. 17) viii. 168 In chronic cystitis..the transitional cell epithelium of the bladder may change to a heavily keratinised squamous epithelium just like that of the mouth. 1973 Nature 8 June 348/1 Five animals also had both papillomatous outgrowths and solid down-growths of transitional cells into the sub-mucosa. 2018 Daily Mail (Nexis) 16 Mar. She was diagnosed with a rare aggressive cancer transitional cell carcinoma of the urethra. < as lemmas |
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