Degeneration and wasting of tissue, organs , or muscle due to decrease in cell size.

Increased size of an organ or muscle due to increased size of individual cells.

An abnormal increase in the number of cells resulting in an increased tissue mass.

Replacement of one mature cell type by another mature cell type .

Disorganized cells that vary in size and shaped with large nuclei.

Undifferentiated primitive cells of variable size and shape, associated with cancer.

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Term	Definition
Atrophy	Degeneration and wasting of tissue, organs , or muscle due to decrease in cell size.
Hypertrophy	Increased size of an organ or muscle due to increased size of individual cells.
Hyperplasia	An abnormal increase in the number of cells resulting in an increased tissue mass.
Metaplasia	Replacement of one mature cell type by another mature cell type .
dysplasia	Disorganized cells that vary in size and shaped with large nuclei.
Anaplasia	Undifferentiated primitive cells of variable size and shape, associated with cancer.