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.
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