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hyperplasia (hī'pərplā`zhə): see hypertrophy hypertrophy (hīpûr`trəfē) ..... Click the link for more information. . hyperplasia [‚hī·pər′plā·zhə] (medicine) Increase in cell number causing an increase in the size of a tissue or organ. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| It has been proposed that during removal of hypercellular parathyroid tissue, some tissue is spilled and later becomes hyperplastic. Effects on mammary growth, lobulo-alveolar development, and hyperplastic alveolar nodules as well as dysplasias have been detected (Jones and Bern 1977, 1979) in virgin female BALB/cCrgl mice neonatally treated with estrogen. The bone marrow was hyperplastic with proliferation of all three hematopoietic lineages. |
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