Noun

benign prostatic hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural benign prostatic hyperplasias)Category:English lemmas#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English nouns#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English uncountable nouns#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English countable nouns#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English countable nouns#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English multiword terms#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIACategory:Pages with entries#BENIGN%20PROSTATIC%20HYPERPLASIACategory:Pages with 1 entry#BENIGN%20PROSTATIC%20HYPERPLASIA

1. (pathologyCategory:en:Diseases#BENIGNPROSTATICHYPERPLASIA) A noncancerous increase in size of the prostate gland, often resulting in symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, involuntary urination or the inability to urinate.

   Synonyms: BPH (initialism), benign prostate enlargement

   • 2019 August 26, Jane E. Brody, “Alternatives to Surgery for an Enlarged Prostate”, in The New York Times‎:

     Mr. Goldman, like up to 90 percent of men in their 70s, has benign prostatic hyperplasia, or B.P.H., a nonmalignant growth of the prostate gland. As the prostate enlarges with age, it squeezes the urethra that passes through it and can disrupt normal urinary function.

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Further reading

• benign prostatic hyperplasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia