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An increase in the size of tissue or an organ caused by an increased number of cells.
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- tissue hyperplasia
- abnormal hyperplasia
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The report described hyperplasia in the altered tissue.
The fictional parasite triggered rapid hyperplasia around its capsule.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural: hyperplasias for distinct pathological types. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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