hyperplasia

[hahy-per-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]

hy·per·pla·sia

[hahy-per-pley-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
noun Pathology, Biology.
1.
abnormal multiplication of cells.
2.
enlargement of a part due to an abnormal numerical increase of its cells.

Origin:
1860–65; hyper- + -plasia

hy·per·plas·tic [hahy-per-plas-tik] , adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To hyperplasia

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Hyperplasia is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Collins
World English Dictionary
hyperplasia (ˌhaɪpəˈplæzɪə)
 
n
Compare hypertrophy enlargement of a bodily organ or part resulting from an increase in the total number of cells
 
hyperplastic
 
adj

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Medical Dictionary

hyperplasia hy·per·pla·sia (hī'pər-plā'zhə)
n.
An abnormal increase in cells in a tissue or organ, excluding tumor formation, whereby the bulk of the tissue or organ is increased.


hy'per·plas'tic (-plās'tĭk) adj.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature