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What does hyperplasia mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
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Hilar lymphadenopathy with other pulmonary infiltrates is infrequent and thought to represent reactive hyperplasia.
Excessive sebum production secondary to sebaceous gland hyperplasia is the first abnormality to occur.
It was particularly prominent in areas underlying the epidermal hyperplasia.
Potential causes for excessive uterine bleeding during menstruation or metrorrhagia may include hyperplasia or adenocarcinoma.
One liver had a peripheral irregular zone of hyperplasia with ductular proliferation.
The bone marrow is also hypercellular with varying amounts of granulocytic and erythroid hyperplasia.

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