squamous metaplasia

squamous metaplasia
transformation of other types of epithelium, such as glandular, mucosal, or pseudostratified, into stratified squamous epithelium, seen in certain pathologic conditions or produced experimentally. Called also epidermalization and epidermidalization.

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