tăng sinh

tăng sinh

Hoa tăng sinh trên những cánh đồng lúa.

Definition

  1. Verb (Biology, Medicine):

    • To proliferate: To increase rapidly in number through cell division or reproduction. This is the core scientific meaning.
    • To hypergenerate: To exhibit excessive or abnormal growth, often used in pathological contexts.

  2. Adjective (Attributive):

    • Proliferative/Hyperplastic: Describing a state or condition characterized by rapid cell multiplication, such as in tissues or lesions.
Usage Examples

  • Verb:

    • Các tế bào ung thư tăng sinh không kiểm soát. (Cancer cells proliferate uncontrollably.)
    • Mô sẹo có thể tăng sinh tại vị trí tổn thương. (Scar tissue can proliferate at the site of injury.)

  • Adjective:

    • Bệnh nhân được chẩn đoán có tổn thương tăng sinh. (The patient was diagnosed with a proliferative lesion.)
    • Đây là một quá trình tăng sinh tế bào bình thường. (This is a normal cell proliferation process.)
Advanced Usage

  • "tăng sinh mạch máu" (angiogenesis): The physiological process through which new blood vessels form from pre-existing vessels.

    • Sự tăng sinh mạch máu là đặc trưng của khối u ác tính. (Angiogenesis is characteristic of malignant tumors.)

  • "tăng sinh nội mạc tử cung" (endometrial hyperplasia): A medical condition of excessive thickening of the uterine lining.

    • Rối loạn hormone có thể dẫn đến tăng sinh nội mạc tử cung. (Hormonal imbalance can lead to endometrial hyperplasia.)
Variants and Related Words

  • Sự tăng sinh (n): Proliferation, hyperplasia (the noun form denoting the process or result).

    • Sự tăng sinh collagen làm da dày lên. (The proliferation of collagen thickens the skin.)

  • Tăng trưởng (v/n): To grow / growth. (A more general term for increase in size or number, not specifically biological proliferation).

    • Tăng trưởng kinh tế khác với tăng sinh tế bào. (Economic growth is different from cell proliferation.)
Synonyms
  • Proliferate: To grow or increase rapidly.
  • Multiply: To increase in number, especially by reproduction.
  • Hyperplasia: The enlargement of an organ or tissue caused by an increase in the reproduction rate of its cells.
Related Terms
  • Quá sản (n): Hyperplasia (a direct synonym in medical Vietnamese).
  • Phì đại (n): Hypertrophy (increase in cell size, contrasted with hyperplasia which is increase in cell number).