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retromorphosis

 [ret″ro-mor-fo´sis]
retrograde metamorphosis.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

cat·a·pla·si·a

, cataplasis (kat'ă-plā'sē-ă, -plā'sis),
A degenerative change in cells or tissues that is the reverse of the constructive or developmental change; a return to an earlier or embryonic stage.
Synonym(s): retrograde metamorphosis (1) , retrogression, retromorphosis
[cata- + G. plasis, a molding]
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