hyperplasia
/ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/
hyperplasia noun: an increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
Noun
hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperplasias)
- An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
- But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the...1868, Felix von Niemeyer, J. L Parke, Clinical Lectures on Pulmonary Phthisis, Moorhead, Simpson & Bond, page 3
- […] there has been recognition that porosity of the orbital roofs and cranial vault may arise due to a variety of different causes. These include rickets and scurvy, where it occurs due to different pathophysiological mechanisms[…]. In vitamin D deficiency, it arises as a result of deficient...2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30
- Synonyms:
- hypergenesis
hyperplasia meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Gujarati
hyperplasia in Hindi
- increase in the size of a tissue or organ
- अतिवर्धन ativardhan
hyperplasia in Tamil
- செல்களின் மிகைப்பெருக்கம், அசாதாரண திசு வளர்ச்சி, தீவிரப்பெருக்கம், அதிபெருக்கம், மிகைப்பெருக்கம், மிகைவளர்ச்சி
hyperplasia in Gujarati
- increase in the size of a tissue or organ
- અતિવર્ધન ativardhan
Examples of hyperplasia in a sentence
- Of these, eight had a normal hysteroscopic appearance whereas three had an abnormal appearance (hyperplasia, etc.).
- Dermatopathia lymphadenitis is a chronic lipomelanotic hyperplasia of reticulum cells of the pulp of the lymph-nodes.
- Generalized megadontia has been reported in association with pituitary gigantism, unilateral facial hyperplasia, and hereditary gingival fibromatosis.
Synonyms of hyperplasia
Forms of hyperplasia
| plural | hyperplasias |
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Origin of hyperplasia
From hyper- + -plasia.
Words formed from hyperplasia
Phrases with hyperplasia
Questions about hyperplasia
- What does hyperplasia mean?
- Hyperplasia means an increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
- What is hyperplasia in Hindi?
- Hyperplasia in Hindi is अतिवर्धन (ativardhan). See Hyperplasia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hyperplasia?
- Hyperplasia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hyperplasia?
- Hyperplasia is pronounced /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/.
- What is the plural of hyperplasia?
- The plural of hyperplasia is hyperplasias.
Words near hyperplasia in the dictionary
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