HYPERPLASIA
\hˌa͡ɪpəplˈe͡ɪzi͡ə], \hˌaɪpəplˈeɪziə], \h_ˌaɪ_p_ə_p_l_ˈeɪ_z_iə]\
Definitions of HYPERPLASIA
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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By Noah Webster.
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An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ, not due to tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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[Greek] Overgrowth; excessive or hyperplastic development due to increase in number of cells; cf. hypertrophy.
By J.H. Kenneth
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[Greek] Excessive formation; increase either in the size or mass of a body by the development in it of new tissue.
By Alexander Duane
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Abnormal multiplication of tissue-elements.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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