Diseases

Hyperplasia

An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ without tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells.

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An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ without tumor formation. It differs from HYPERTROPHY, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells.

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1 entry terms
  • Hyperplasias

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35 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

general or unspecified; coordinate NIM with organ /pathol (IM); many specific precoordinated hyperplasia terms are available; congen adrenal hyperplasia = ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL but non-congenital adrenal hyperplasia = ADRENAL GLANDS /pathol (IM) + HYPERPLASIA (NIM)

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History Note

1965

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  1. C23.550.444w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Hyperplasia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006965. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006965
  2. Hyperplasia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperplasia
  3. Hyperplasia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835051