In medicine, a condition where tissue reverts to a simpler or more primitive form; degeneration or reversion of tissue structure.
From Greek 'cata-' (down, back) + 'plassein' (to form, mold). A medical term used in older pathology texts.
Cataplasia describes when cancer cells become 'less organized'—this concept was crucial in early pathology before we understood genetics, showing how old terminology sometimes described real biological phenomena!
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