malacoplacia

Term: malacoplacia

Literally meaning: “soft flat plate”

Origin: Anc Greek

μαλακός/malacos(=soft, weak) >ομαλός/omalos(=smooth)+άπτω/apto(=touch)

πλαξ/plax(=flat plate) 

Coined/History

 in the early 1900s by German pathologist David Paul von Hansemann (1858-1920).

Definition

Malacoplacia is the formation of soft patches of the mucous membrane of the urinary bladder, because of inflammation.