ductiform en · ADJ
Etymology
From duct + -iform.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having the form of a duct
Microscopic review of the 24 PA analyzed cases showed they were composed by different structures in variable quantities: sheets and groups of epithelial polygonal cells, ductiform structures, squamous metaplastic cells, keratin pearls; MMyECs were fusiform, hyaline and clear, combined with variable quantities of hyaline, mucoid, myxoid and chondroid areas accompanied by eosinophilic coagula within the ducts ( Figure 1 ).
2015, Santa PONCE-BRAVO, Constantino LEDESMA-MONTES, Maricela GARCÉS-ORTÍZ, “MUC-1 expression in pleomorphic adenomas using two human milk fat globule protein membrane antibodies (HMFG-1 and HMFG-2)”, in Journal of Applied Oral Science, volume 23, →DOI: