cataplastic

• Adjectif vieilli relatif à une cataplasme ou à un emplâtre ; utilisé dans des contextes médicaux historiques.

An obsolete adjective relating to a poultice or plaster; used in historical medical contexts.

1. Relating to cataplasiaC2formalmedical

   Of or pertaining to cataplasia, which is the degeneration or retrograde change of cells or tissues to a more primitive or less differentiated state.

   cataphasique

   • The pathologist noted cataplastic changes in the tissue sample.
   • Cataplastic processes can sometimes be observed in aging cells.
   • The study focused on cataplastic transformations in epithelial cells.

   Synonymesdegenerativeregressiveretrogressive