Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
HYPERPLASIA
hyperplasia
(noun) abnormal increase in number of cells
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperplasias)
(medicine) An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`per*pla"si*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med. & Biol.)
Definition: An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.
Note: Hyperplasia relates to the formation of new elements, hypertrophy being an increase in bulk of preexisting normal elements. Dunglison.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
25 November 2024
ONCHOCERCIASIS
(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
Coffee Trivia
