Look up: Hyperplasia

1. hyperplasia
   The enlargement of an organ or tissue owing to an increase in the number of cells.
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2. Hyperplasia
   A malformation caused by an increased number of functional units of an organ (organelles, cells, tissues), excluding tumour formation, whereby the bulk of the organ is increased in response to increased functional demands.
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3. Hyperplasia
   an increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the numbers of cells. The developing embryo increases in size due to cell division. The cells of some tissues retain the ability to divide throughout life, like the epithelium and connective tissues but muscle and nerve cells lose their abili...
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4. hyperplasia
   [n] - abnormal increase in number of cells
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5. Hyperplasia
   over-growth of a part; an increase in the number of cells.
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6. hyperplasia
   Abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or organ.
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7. Hyperplasia
   Means increased growth of cells, but the cells are normal.
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8. Hyperplasia
   the enlargement of an organ or tissue
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9. Hyperplasia
   Excessive formation of normal tissue, which increases in size
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10. Hyperplasia
    Hyperplasia: A condition in which there is an increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or organ.
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11. Hyperplasia
    Excessive growth of tissue.
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12. hyperplasia
    Increase in the size of a tissue as a result of enhanced cell division. Once the stimulus (wound healing, mechanical stress, hormonal overproduction) is removed the division rate returns to normal (whereas in neoplasia proliferation continues in the absence of a stimulus).
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13. Hyperplasia
    Hy`per·pla'si·a noun [ New Latin , from Greek 'ype`r over + ... conformation, from ... to mold.] (Med. & Biol.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part. » Hyperplasia relates to the ...
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14. hyperplasia
    <pathology> The abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue. ... Compare: hypertrophy. ... Origin: Gr. Plasis = formation ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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15. hyperplasia
    (hi″pәr-pla´zhә) abnormal increase in volume of a tissue or organ caused by the formation and growth of new normal cells. See also hypertrophy and proliferation. adj., hyperplas´tic., adj.
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16. Hyperplasia
    • (n.) An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
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17. hyperplasia
    (from the article `tumour`) ...more of the following alterations: (1) hypertrophy, or an increase in the size of individual cells; this feature is occasionally encountered in ... ...to reconstitute the tissue to its previous state of normal structure and function, following which tightly regulated growth resumes. Such areas of ... En...
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18. hyperplasia
    (hyper- + Gr. plasis formation) the abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue. Cf. hypertrophy.
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19. Hyperplasia
    - an increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the numbers of cells. The developing embryo increases in size due to cell division. The cells of some tissues retain the ability to divide throughout life, like the epithelium and connective tissues but muscle and nerve cells lose their abi...
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20. hyperplasia
    hyperplasia (hī"purplā'zhu) : see hypertrophy.
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21. hyperplasia
    Type: Term Pronunciation: hī-pĕr-plā′zhē-ă Definitions: 1. An increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or organ, excluding tumor formation, whereby the bulk of the part or organ may be increased. Synonyms: numeric hypertrophy, quantitative hypertrophy
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22. HYPERPLASIA
    Overgrowth due to an abnormal increase in the number of cells in a given tissue; contrasted with hypertrophy.
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23. Hyperplasia
    Thickening of the skin. It happens... as a protective response to exposure to sunlight...
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24. hyperplasia
    (hi;per-pla;zha) An increase in organ size due to an increase in cell numbers as a result of mitotic cell division (in contrast to hypertrophy).
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25. hyperplasia
    (hi;per-pla;zha) An increase in organ size due to an increase in cell numbers as a result of mitotic cell division (in contrast to hypertrophy).
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