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Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia
(from
ancient Greek
ὑπέρ
huper
, "over" + πλάσις
plasis
, "formation"), or
hypergenesis
, is an increase in the amount of
organic tissue
that results from
cell proliferation
. It may lead to the
gross enlargement
of an organ and the term is sometimes confused with benign
neoplasia
or
benign tumor
.
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