hypertrophy
UK/haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi//haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/
hypertrophy noun: an increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
Noun
hypertrophy (countable and uncountable, plural hypertrophies)
- An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
- Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and...
- Antonyms:
- atrophy, hypotrophy, hyperplasia
- 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.
Verb
hypertrophy (third-person singular simple present hypertrophies, present participle hypertrophying, simple past and past participle hypertrophied)
- Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
- Antonyms:
- atrophy
- To enlarge or extend.
- But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.2020 January 29, Douglas Groothuis, “Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization”, in Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.: Christian Philosopher and Apologist, archived from the...
- Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76
- Antonyms:
- atrophy
hypertrophy meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Indonesian and Vietnamese
hypertrophy in Tamil
- உறுப்பில் அதிக தசை வளர்ச்சி, உறுப்பின் அசாதாரண வளர்ச்சி, மிகை ஊட்ட உறுப்புப் பொருள், அதிவளப்பம், பெருக்கம், தீவிர வளப்பம்
hypertrophy in Malayalam
- അതിപുഷ്ടി
hypertrophy in Indonesian
- increase in the size due to cell enlargement
- hipertrofi
hypertrophy in Vietnamese
- increase in the size due to cell enlargement
- sự nở to
Examples of hypertrophy in a sentence
- Stephanie pressed Steve's 25-inch chest (64 cm) into the crevice between her own spathic, hypertrophied milk-producing organs.
- Gross Anatomical — in the form of contractures, atonicities, hypertrophies, hyperplasms, atrophies, fatty infiltrations, tumors, etc.
- Wecker found with ophthalmoscope a pale papilla, indications of hypertrophy of cellular tissue, very dilated veins, and some little hæmorrhagic spots.
Antonyms of hypertrophy
Forms of hypertrophy
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hypertrophies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hypertrophies |
| present participle | hypertrophying |
| past participle | hypertrophied |
| past | hypertrophied |
Origin of hypertrophy
From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy.
Words formed from hypertrophy
Questions about hypertrophy
- What does hypertrophy mean?
- Hypertrophy means an increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
- What is hypertrophy in Tamil?
- Hypertrophy in Tamil is உறுப்பில் அதிக தசை வளர்ச்சி, உறுப்பின் அசாதாரண வளர்ச்சி, மிகை ஊட்ட உறுப்புப் பொருள். See Hypertrophy meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hypertrophy?
- Hypertrophy can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hypertrophy?
- Hypertrophy is pronounced /haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hypertrophy?
- The plural of hypertrophy is hypertrophies.
Words near hypertrophy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hypertrophy (page history and authors); hypertrophy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hypertrophy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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