Glossary Term
Hyperplasia
Hyperplasia is a medical condition where there is an increase in the number of cells in an organ or tissue, leading to an increase in size. While hypertrophy is an increase in the size of a cell. Although muscle hyperplasia has been noted in some animals, human muscle tissue does not seem to have this adaptive ability.
Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is an increase in organic tissue size due to an adaptive increase in the number of cells per organ.
- Although muscle hyperplasia has been noted in some animals, human muscle tissue does not seem to have this adaptive ability.
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Synonyms
- Hypergenesis
- Cell proliferation
- Tissue growth
- Cellular hyperplasia