hypertrophy
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hypertrophy (countable and uncountable, plural hypertrophies)
- (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
- (uncountable, bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells; a result of weightlifting, and other exercise. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells.
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[edit]Translations
[edit]an increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells
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Verb
[edit]hypertrophy (third-person singular simple present hypertrophies, present participle hypertrophying, simple past and past participle hypertrophied)
- (intransitive, of a tissue or organ) To increase in size.
- Antonym: atrophy
- (by extension) To enlarge or extend.
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76:
- Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.
Translations
[edit]to increase in size
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