This process is called intestinal metaplasia.

这个过程被称作小肠上皮化生。

Finally, for Barrett's metaplasia, there's different treatments depending on the stage.

最后，对于Barrett化生，取决于同的阶，有同的方。

For Barrett's esophagus, treatment depends on the stage of the metaplasia.

对于Barrett食，取决于分化程度。

This is called Barrett's esophagus - or Barrett's metaplasia, and the cylindrical epithelium has a greater risk of degenerating into a particular type of esophageal cancer, called adenocarcinoma.

这被称为Barrett食或Barrett化生，而柱状上皮有更大的风险退化为一种特殊类型的食癌，称为腺癌。

Metaplasia refers to the replacement of one mature cell type with another mature cell type: for example, squamous metaplasia of the respiratory columnar epithelium - as evidenced by the metaplastic cough of a smoker.

化生是指一种成熟细胞类型被另一种类型的成熟细胞替代。例如，呼吸柱状上皮的鳞状化生由吸烟者的化生咳嗽证明。