- koilocytotic atypia
- an abnormal condition of cells of the stratified squamous epithelium of the uterine cervix, characterized by vacuolation and nuclear abnormalities; it may be a premalignant condition.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
koilocytotic atypia
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