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Hyperplastic

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hy·per·pla·sia  (hpr-plzh)
n.
An abnormal increase in the number of cells in an organ or a tissue with consequent enlargement.

hyper·plastic (-plstk) adj.


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It has been proposed that during removal of hypercellular parathyroid tissue, some tissue is spilled and later becomes hyperplastic.
Effects on mammary growth, lobulo-alveolar development, and hyperplastic alveolar nodules as well as dysplasias have been detected (Jones and Bern 1977, 1979) in virgin female BALB/cCrgl mice neonatally treated with estrogen.
The bone marrow was hyperplastic with proliferation of all three hematopoietic lineages.
 
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