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Hyperplasia vs Neoplasia - What's the difference?

hyperplasia | neoplasia |

In medicine terms the difference between hyperplasia and neoplasia

is that hyperplasia is an increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells while neoplasia is the formation of a neoplasm.

hyperplasia

English

Noun

(wikipedia hyperplasia) (en noun)
  • (medicine) An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.

    • Derived terms

    * hyperplastic

    Related terms

    * hypergenesis * hypertrophy

    neoplasia

    English

    Noun

  • (biology) The formation of new tissue
  • (medicine) The formation of a neoplasm

    • Derived terms

    *neoplastic

    Related terms

    *neoplasm

    See also

    *(wikipedia "neoplasia") ----