benign prostatic hyperplasia

Questions about benign prostatic hyperplasia

What is another word for benign prostatic hyperplasia?

It depends which benign prostatic hyperplasia you mean. In the sense “enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process”, the synonyms are BPH. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of benign prostatic hyperplasia?

WordNet records no antonym for benign prostatic hyperplasia. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for benign prostatic hyperplasia come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of benign prostatic hyperplasia

• Full entry for benign prostatic hyperplasiaAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for benign prostatic hyperplasiaWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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