| PCA | para-chloramphetamine; parietal cell antibody; passive cutaneous anaphylaxis; patient care assistant... |
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| PF | pair feeding; peak flow; perfusion fluid; pericardial fluid; periosteal fibroblast; peritoneal fluid... |
| PIF | paratoid isoelectric focusing variant protein; peak inspiratory flow; proinsulin-free; prolactin-inh... |
| PM | after death (Lat. post mortem); after noon [Lat. post meridiem]; mean pressure; pacemaker; pantomogr... |
| pros | prostate, prostatic |
| simple hypertrophy | Increase in size of cells. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| simulated hypertrophy | Increased size of a part due to continued growth unrestrained by attritions, as is seen in the case of the teeth of certain animals when the opposing teeth have been destroyed. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hypertrophy | The enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells. Compare: hyperplasia. Origin: Gr. Troph = nutrition (18 Nov 1997) |
| hypertrophy, left ventricular | Enlargement of the left ventricle of the heart. This increase in ventricular mass is attributed to sustained abnormal pressure or volume loads and is a contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| hypertrophy, right ventricular | Enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart. This increase in ventricular mass is often attributed to pulmonary hypertension and is a contributor to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. (12 Dec 1998) |
| numerical hypertrophy | <pathology> The abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue. Compare: hypertrophy. Origin: Gr. Plasis = formation (18 Nov 1997) |
| quantitative hypertrophy | <pathology> The abnormal multiplication or increase in the number of normal cells in normal arrangement in a tissue. Compare: hypertrophy. Origin: Gr. Plasis = formation (18 Nov 1997) |
| eccentric hypertrophy | Thickening of the wall of the heart or other cavity, with dilation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| endemic hypertrophy | Enlargement of the calcaneus preceded by fever and pain in the heel, reported from the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and in Taiwan among the indigenous population. (05 Mar 2000) |
| true hypertrophy | An increase in size involving all the different tissues composing the part. (05 Mar 2000) |
| false hypertrophy | Increase in size of an organ or a part, due not to increase in size or number of the specific functional elements but to that of some other tissue, fatty or fibrous. Synonym: false hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| left ventricular hypertrophy | <radiology> Coarctation, aortic stenosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| functional hypertrophy | Temporary increase in size of an organ or part to provide for a natural increase of function, such as the kind that occurs in the walls of the uterus and in the mammae during pregnancy. Synonym: functional hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lipomatous hypertrophy | Nonencapsulated adipose tissue forming a lipoma-like mass, usually in the cardiac interatrial septum where it may cause arrhythmia and sudden death. Synonym: lipomatous hypertrophy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| benign | <oncology> Something that does not metastasise and treatment or removal is curative. Compare: malignant. Origin: L. Benignus (11 Jan 1998) |