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Hyperplasia

Definition: Hyperplasia

Hyperplasia

Noun

1. Abnormal increase in number of cells.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Etymology: Hyperplasia \Hy`per*pla"si*a\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression "ype`r over conformation, from to mold.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: Hyperplasia

DomainDefinitions

Health

An increase in the number of cells in a tissue or organ, not due to tumor formation. It differs from hypertrophy, which is an increase in bulk without an increase in the number of cells. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Hyperplasia

English words defined with "hyperplasia": alpha blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocker, alpha-adrenergic blocking agent, alpha-blockerbenign prostatic hyperplasiaHyperplasticprostate specific antigen, PSAtransurethral resection of the prostate, TURP. (references)
Specialty definitions using "hyperplasia": 1-NaphthylisothiocyanateAdrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital, Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia, atypical hyperplasiaballoon dilationEthylenethioureaFibrocystic Disease of Breast, FinasterideGiant Lymph Node Hyperplasia, Gingival HyperplasiaImmunoproliferative Small Intestinal DiseaseLeukoplakia, HairyNasal Polyps, Nonne-Milroy-Meige disease, Nonne-Milroy-Meige syndromeProstatic Hyperplasia, Proteus Syndrome, Pulmonary Adenomatosis, OvineReticuloendotheliosisSteroid 11 beta-MonooxygenaseWaardenburg's Syndrome. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Hyperplasia

DomainTitle

Books

  • Atlas of Lymphoid Hyperplasia and Lymphoma (reference)

  • Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (Fast Facts) (reference)

  • Intimal Hyperplasia (Medical Intelligence Unit) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  • Clinical Practice Guidelines Of Benign Prosthetic Hyperplasia (reference)

    (more periodical examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Hyperplasia

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Marked germinal center hyperplasia and nodular paracortical hyperplasia are seen in this low-power view. Credit: CDC.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hyperplasia

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

A treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia or prostate enlargement. (references)

In most other cases, the excess hormone comes from two or more enlarged parathyroid glands, a condition called hyperplasia. (references)

It is common for the prostate gland to become enlarged as a man ages. Doctors call the condition benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or benign prostatic hypertrophy. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hyperplasia

"Hyperplasia" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.06% of the time. "Hyperplasia" is used about 106 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)99.06%10531,781
Noun (proper)0.94%1339,140
                    Total100.00%106N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Hyperplasia

Expressions using "hyperplasia": Angiolymphoid Hyperplasia with Eosinophilia atypical hyperplasia benign prostatic hyperplasia Endometrial Hyperplasia Focal Epithelial Hyperplasia Focal Nodular Hyperplasia Giant Lymph Node Hyperplasia Gingival Hyperplasia Prostatic Hyperplasia Thymus Hyperplasia. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hyperplasia

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

hyperplasia

163

breast hyperplasia

7

endometrial hyperplasia

141

atypical breast hyperplasia

7

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

88

late onset adrenal hyperplasia

6

benign prostatic hyperplasia

69

adrenal congential hyperplasia

5

sebaceous hyperplasia

31

adrenal congenital hyperplasia late onset

5

adrenal hyperplasia

24

gland hyperplasia pituitary

5

focal nodular hyperplasia

23

hyperplasia uterus

5

benign prostate hyperplasia

23

symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia

4

prostatic hyperplasia

23

hyperplasia thymic

4

atypical ductal hyperplasia

21

hyperplasia muscle

4

lymphoid hyperplasia

18

hyperplasia intraductal

4

atypical hyperplasia

18

hyperplasia lymphoid nodular

4

uterine hyperplasia

12

epithelial hyperplasia

4

ductal hyperplasia

11

hyperplasia rpe

4

hyperplasia simple

9

condylar hyperplasia

3

atypical hyperplasia lobular

9

sebaceous gland hyperplasia

3

complex hyperplasia

9

hyperplasia sebacious

3

prostate hyperplasia

8

parathyroid hyperplasia

3

gingival hyperplasia

8

complex endometrial hyperplasia

3

endometrial hyperplasia symptom

8

adenomatous hyperplasia

3
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Modern Translations: Hyperplasia

Language Translations for "hyperplasia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

增" (Accretive). (various references)

   

Danish

  

hyperplasi. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

hyperplasie (numerical hypertrophy). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hyperplasia, proliferaatio. (various references)

   

French

  

hyperplasie (f), hyperplasie. (various references)

   

German

  

Hyperplasie. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

υπερπλασία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

iperplasia. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yperplasiahay

   

Portuguese

  

hiperplasia. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

hiperplasia. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hyperplasi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Hyperplasia

Derivations

Words beginning with "hyperplasia": hyperplasias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Hyperplasia"

Words rhyming with "hyperplasia" (pronounced 'Hy`per*pla"si*a'): Abasia, Acinesia, AEsthesia, Akinesia, Amnesia, Anaesthesia, Analgesia, Antonomasia, Aphrasia, Aplasia, Athrepsia, Atresia, Dysaesthesia, Dyscrasia, Ecclesia, Eclampsia, Frambaesia, fuchsia, Halesia, Hemianaesthesia, macroglossia, magnesia, Marsipobranchia, Monesia, Neoplasia, Palingenesia, Paralgesia, Parnassia, Paronomasia, Parousia, Parrhesia, Parusia, Passiflora, Phlegmasia, Photopsia, Polydipsia, Pseudaesthesia, Quassia, Rafflesia, Russia, Sauropsida, Silesia, Syngenesia, Tephrosia, Xenelasia. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Hyperplasia

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-i-l-p-p-r-s-y"

-3 letters: airplays, apparels, appliers, appraise, earlship, harelips, paralyse, parhelia, pearlash, plashier, sapphire, slippery.

-4 letters: aerials, airplay, aliyahs, aphelia, apishly, apparel, appeals, appears, applier, applies, apprise, apyrase, earlaps, hailers, happier, happily, harelip, harpies, hearsay, hirples, lappers, lippers, paisley, palship, papyral, paraphs, pariahs, parlays, parleys, parsley, perhaps, phaseal, phrasal, pirayas, plasher, players, prepays, raphias, rappels.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-i-l-p-p-r-s-y"
 

+1 letter: hyperplasias.

 

+5 letters: archiepiscopally, parapsychologies, periphrastically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Hyperplasia


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 79 70 65 72 70 6C 61 73 69 61

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01111001 01110000 01100101 01110010 01110000 01101100 01100001 01110011 01101001 01100001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#121 &#112 &#101 &#114 &#112 &#108 &#97 &#115 &#105 &#97

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 0079 0070 0065 0072 0070 006C 0061 0073 0069 0061

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4291827184827867857567

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Usage Frequency
7. Expressions
8. Expressions: Internet
9. Translations: Modern
10. Derivations
11. Rhymes
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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Deens, danisht, danishte, ‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, Daniko, 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, danskur, danskt, tanskalainen, danois, Deensk, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danska, Danmhairgis, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, danes, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili, датський, датська мова, tiếng Đan-mạch, for Danish;
Nederlands, Hollands, holandez, ‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, Olandes, 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollendskt, hollantilainen, néerlandais, Nederlânsk, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holandisht, "ול "י, holland, hollenskur, Ollainnis, olandese, 네덜란", Belanda, Ollanish, Germaanish, Tatimana, nederlandsk, ulandes, hulandes, holandês, neerlandés, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, bakratongo, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait, голландська мова, голландський, ngôn ngữ khó hiểu, "b xã", for Dutch;
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Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;