sialometaplasia

English

Etymology

From sialo- +‎ metaplasia.

Noun

sialometaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural sialometaplasias)

  1. (medicine) A benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.
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