tissue growth
Flesh expanding outward
Tissue growth is the increase in size or number of cells within biological tissue.
The term appears in medical contexts describing both normal development and abnormal processes: The tumor showed rapid tissue growth.
Healthy tissue growth occurs during wound healing, childhood development, and muscle building.
Unchecked tissue growth characterizes cancer.
- cellBasic unit of life
- cell divisionParent splitting into offspring
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- stem cellsUndifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
tumor · healing · wound healing · division · muscle · skin · skin graft · scar · collagen · stem · bone · bone marrow · organ · cancer · wound · fiber · membrane · graft
tissue growthatrophy
Wasting from disuse
necrosis · cell death · apoptosis · involution · muscle wasting
tissue growthtissue death
Cells ceasing to function
necrosis · gangrene · dystrophy · rot · decomposition
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