The term hypertrophy is used when the individual tissue elements become bigger to meet the demands of greater functional activity; hyperplasia, if there is an increase in the number of these elements; and pseudo-hypertrophy, when the specific tissue element is largely replaced by another tissue. [Please select]
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_ [_Synonyms:_ New growth, neoplasm, neoformation, pseudoplasm, swelling, and hyperplasia. [Please select]
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This is a noninflammatory enlargement or a hyperplasia of the thyroid gland. [Please select]
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FOOTNOTES: [3] The term "tumor" literally means a swelling, and thus has been applied to the prominence caused by an overdistended bladder, to the enlargement of pregnancy, to the swelling produced by an abscess, to the overgrowth of tissue (hyperplasia) associated with injury and consequent inflammation, and to numerous other phases of tissue enlargement directly connected with recognized disease processes. [Please select]
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