Hyperplasia

Introduction: Hyperplasia

Description of Hyperplasia

Hyperplasia (medical condition): Hyperplasia is a medical term for cell growth beyond what is normal. It is usually used to refer to a non ...more

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Hyperplasia: Abnormal multiplication of normal cells resulting in an increase in the size of the tissue.

Hyperplasia: abnormal increase in number of cells.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Hyperplasia: An abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or a tissue with consequent enlargement.
Source: Diseases Database

Hyperplasia: abnormal multiplication of otherwise normal cells, leading to tissue enlargement.
Source: CRISP

Hyperplasia: An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ without tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells.
Source: MeSH 2007

Hyperplasia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Hyperplasia:

• Increase
• Number
• Tissue
• Organ
• Tumor
• Tumor pain
• Formation
• Part
• May
• Hypertrophy

Hyperplasia as a Disease

Hyperplasia (medical condition): See Hyperplasia (disease information).
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Hyperplasia: Related Diseases

Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Senior health conditions
• Prostate conditions

More information on medical condition: Hyperplasia:

• Information about Hyperplasia
• Basic Summary for Hyperplasia
• Types of Hyperplasia
• Symptoms of Hyperplasia

Hyperplasia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Hyperplasia:

• metaplasia
• dysplasia
• atrophy
• hypertrophy
• apoptosis
• anaplasia

Terms associated with Hyperplasia:

Terms Similar to Hyperplasia:

• Hyperplastic conditions

Source: Diseases Database

Related Topics

• Cell Proliferation
• Precancerous Conditions

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Hyperplasia:

• adrenal hyperplasia
• benign prostate hyperplasia
• connective tissue hyperplasia
• kidney hyperplasia
• oral pharyngeal hyperplasia
• pancreatic islet hyperplasia
• parathyroid hyperplasia
• skin hyperplasia

Source - CRISP

• benign prostatic hyperplasia
• BPH

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Hyperplasia

• Pathologic Processes

Source - MeSH 2007

• sign /symptom

Source - CRISP

• dysplasia

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Hyperplasia can be used for:

• bone marrow hyperplasia

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Hyperplasia:

• neoplasm /cancer
• preneoplastic state

Source: CRISP

The description of Hyperplasia may also be used for the following terms:

• benign state
• dysplasia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Hyperplasia

The following list attempts to classify Hyperplasia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• dysplasia
• abnormal condition,abnormalcy,abnormality
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms
  • Pathologic Processes
    • Hyperplasia

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