See Also: neuronal hyperplasia(medicine)
Neuronal(medicine)
neuronal polarity(medicine)
neuronal plasticity(medicine)
neuronal guidance(medicine)
neuronal differentiation(medicine)
neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis(medicine)
infantile neuronal degeneration(medicine)
neuronal intestinal dysplasia(medicine)
primary neuronal degeneration(medicine)

elegancy (iou) and neuronal hyperplasia (medicine)


elegancy (iou)



elegancy noun. M16.
[Latin elegantia: see ELEGANCE, -ANCY.]
= ELEGANCE 1. Now rare. M16.
= ELEGANCE 2. L16.

neuronal hyperplasia (medicine)


neuronal hyperplasia


Increased numbers of ganglion cells with myenteric plexus hyperplasia and increased acetylcholinesterase activity in nerves of the mucosa and submucosa. Clinically, neuronal hyperplasia mimics Hirschprung's disease. Similar findings are seen in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome, type IIB, and in neurofibromatosis.

Synonym: hyperganglionosis, neuronal intestinal dysplasia.