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hyperplasia

N สภาวะ ที่ เนื้อเยื่อ เพิ่มจำนวน ขึ้น อย่าง ผิดปกติ

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HYPERPLASIA

Hy `per *pla "si *a, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. (Med. & Biol.)

Defn: An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

Note: Hyperplasia relates to the formation of new elements, hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal elements. Dunglison.

New American Oxford Dictionary

hyperplasia

hy per pla sia |ˌhīpərˈplāZHə ˌhaɪpərˈpleɪʒiə | ▶noun Medicine & Biology the enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the development of cancer. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from hyper- ‘beyond ’ + Greek plasis ‘formation. ’

Oxford Dictionary

hyperplasia

hyperplasia |ˌhʌɪpəˈpleɪzɪə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine & Biology the enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells, often as an initial stage in the development of cancer. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from hyper- ‘beyond ’ + Greek plasis ‘formation ’.