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hyperplasia

hy-per-PLAY-zhuh

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Definition

Increase in cell number

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Breakdown

Prefix

hyper-

excessive

Suffix

-plasia

formation

Etymology

Greek: hyper- (excessive) + -plasia (formation)

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