Pluricentral

Tanberg remarks that histologists are now generally agreed that multiple primary carcinomas can develop from several primary centres ("pluricentral development")

Ludwig advanced the idea that growth in area of the skin is “quantitatively pluricentral”, each surface element increasing through reproduction of its own special cells.

This is consonant with clinical experience and suggests practical guidelines for family therapy and for social organization (e.g. marital equality, political opposition rather than consensus, pluricentral management[…]