Which option best matches the following description: An increase in cell size leading to enlargement of a tissue or organ.
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Hypertrophy is an increase in cell size leading to enlargement of a tissue or organ.
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Hypertrophy is an increase in cell size leading to enlargement of a tissue or organ.
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Transudate is low-protein fluid caused mainly by altered hydrostatic or oncotic pressure.
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Exudate is protein-rich inflammatory fluid caused by increased vascular permeability.
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Coagulative necrosis is a pattern of cell death with preserved tissue architecture, typical of ischaemia in solid organs except brain.
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Coagulative necrosis is a pattern of cell death with preserved tissue architecture, typical of ischaemia in solid organs except brain.
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Caseous necrosis is a friable cheese-like pattern of necrosis classically associated with tuberculosis.
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Caseous necrosis is a friable cheese-like pattern of necrosis classically associated with tuberculosis.
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Granuloma is an organised collection of activated macrophages formed in response to persistent inflammation.
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Ovulation is release of a mature oocyte from the dominant follicle after the mid-cycle luteinising hormone surge.
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Primary haemostasis is formation of a platelet plug at a site of vascular injury.
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Vestibulo-ocular reflex is a reflex that stabilises gaze during head movement by producing compensatory eye movement.
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Frank-Starling mechanism is an increase in ventricular filling produces a stronger contraction within physiological limits.