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Hyperplasia

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hyperplasia"

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Word	Definition
nodulenoun	(medicine, dermatology) A rounded mass or irregular shape; a small knot or lump.
hypertrophynoun	(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
proliferationnoun	(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
expansionnoun	An act, process, or instance of expanding.
enlargementnoun	An act or instance of making something larger.
neoplasianoun	(medicine) The formation of a neoplasm
overgrowthnoun	A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
accretionnoun	(uncountable, also figurative) Increase by natural growth, especially the gradual increase of organic bodies by the internal addition of matter; organic growth; also, the amount of such growth.
augmentationnoun	The act or process of augmenting.
overdevelopmentnoun	Excessive development; the state or quality of being overdeveloped
tumefactionnoun	The process or result of tumefying, swelling, or rising into a tumour.
outgrowthnoun	Anything that grows out of something else.
growthnoun	An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
swellingnoun	The state of being swollen.
multiplicationnoun	(uncountable, arithmetic) The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
hypergenesisnoun	hyperplasia
escalationnoun	The act of escalating.
bulkingnoun	(bodybuilding) A period of intentional weight gain.
gigantismnoun	A condition where there is over-production of growth hormone by the pituitary gland in a child before the bone growth plates close, resulting in excessive long bone growth, accompanied by muscular weakness and sexual impotence.
macrosomianoun	(pathology) The state (of a foetus or neonate) of being abnormally large