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prehypertrophic

prehypertrophic adjective: prior to the presence of hypertrophy.

Adjective

prehypertrophic (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the presence of hypertrophy
    • However, quantitation of the lengths of the different zones of the growth plates indicated that the proliferating zone of the growth plate was modestly increased while the prehypertrophic zone was decreased in CartIR −/− mice compared to controls ( Figure 2e and 2f ).2014 July 1, Fengjie Zhang et al., “Insulin exerts direct, IGF-1 independent actions in growth plate chondrocytes”, in Bone Research, volume 2, →DOI

Origin of prehypertrophic

From pre- + hypertrophic.

Questions about prehypertrophic

What does prehypertrophic mean?
Prehypertrophic means prior to the presence of hypertrophy.
What part of speech is prehypertrophic?
Prehypertrophic is an adjective.

Words near prehypertrophic in the dictionary

  1. prehydrolysis
  2. prehydrolyzed
  3. prehypertension
  4. prehypertensive
  5. prehypertensives
  6. prehypertrophic
  7. prehypertrophy
  8. prehypnosis
  9. prehypnotic
  10. prehypocristid
  11. prehypocristids

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