benign prostatic hyperplasia

English

Diagram of a normal prostate (left) and benign prostatic hyperplasia (right)

Noun

benign prostatic hyperplasia (countable and uncountable, plural benign prostatic hyperplasias)

1. (pathology) 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: (initialism) BPH, benign prostate enlargement

   • 2019 August 26, Jane E. Brody, “Alternatives to Surgery for an Enlarged Prostate”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.

Further reading

• benign prostatic hyperplasia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia