hypertrophy
English
/haɪˈpɜːtɹəfi/, /haɪˈpɝːtɹəfi/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells.
- (uncountable) 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.
Etymology
Derived from French hypertrophie derived from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (over, above, excessive).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὑπέρ
Gloss
over, above, excessive
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- antihypertrophic English
- antihypertrophy English
- cardiohypertrophy English
- hemihypertrophy English
- hyper- English
- hypergolic English
- hyperthermia English
- hypertrophic English
- hypertrophous English
- lipohypertrophy English
- nonhypertrophic English
- prehypertrophic English
- prehypertrophy English
- prohypertrophic English
- pseudohypertrophic English
- pseudohypertrophy English
- hyper- Finnish
- tensiō Latin
- Hypergol German
- hypertensie Dutch, Flemish
- hypertrophie French
- hiper- Spanish, Castilian
- ἐφύπερθεν Ancient Greek
- ὑπέρ Ancient Greek
- ὕπερθεν Ancient Greek
- Ὑπερίων Ancient Greek
- *upér Proto-Indo-European
- hyper- Norwegian Bokmål
- hiper- Portuguese
- hyper- Norwegian Nynorsk
- hipir- Irish
- hyper- Danish
- hiper- Catalan, Valencian
- υπέρ Greek (modern)
- hyper- Translingual