HYPERPLASIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hyperplasia mean? 

• HYPERPLASIA (noun)
  The noun HYPERPLASIA has 1 sense:

1. abnormal increase in number of cells

  Familiarity information: HYPERPLASIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYPERPLASIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal increase in number of cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("hyperplasia" is a kind of...):

dysplasia (abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hyperplasia"):

benign prostatic hyperplasia; BPH (enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process)

 Context examples 

Patients develop medullary thyroid carcinomas, and may also develop pheochromocytomas and parathyroid gland hyperplasia.

(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare syndrome characterized by hyperplasia and/or neoplasms of the pituitary, parathyroid glands, and pancreatic islets.

(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Morphologically, in the majority of cases the lymph nodes show features of angiofollicular lymphoid hyperplasia of the plasma cell type.

(Multicentric Angiofollicular Lymphoid Hyperplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Focal or diffuse epithelial hyperplasia in the intestinal mucosa of the mouse.

(Mucosal Hyperplasia of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuroendocrine hyperplasia must be differentiated from normal groups of neuroendocrine cells found more prominently in some mouse strains.

(Neuroendocrine Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Examples include atypical ductal hyperplasia, atypical lobular hyperplasia, and columnar cell hyperplasia with atypia.

(Atypical Hyperplasia of the Breast, NCI Thesaurus)

Having atypical lobular breast hyperplasia increases the risk of breast cancer.

(Atypical lobular breast hyperplasia, NCI Dictionary)

Patients with MEN 2A develop medullary thyroid carcinomas, and may also develop pheochromocytomas and parathyroid gland hyperplasia.

(Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called ALH and atypical lobular breast hyperplasia.

(Atypical lobular hyperplasia, NCI Dictionary)

Examples include ductal hyperplasia, lobular hyperplasia, and papillomas.

(Benign proliferative breast disease, NCI Dictionary)