sialometaplasia
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sialo- + metaplasia.
Noun
[edit]sialometaplasia (countable and uncountable, plural sialometaplasias)
- (medicine) A benign ulcerative lesion found mostly on the posterior hard palate, caused by a necrosis of minor salivary glands due to trauma.