Meaning of benign prostatic hyperplasia | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“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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