Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A nontumorous enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of constituent cells.
- intransitive & transitive verb To grow or cause to grow abnormally large.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To become hypertrophous or enlarged from excessive nutrition.
- noun In pathology, an enlargement of a part of the body from excessive growth or multiplication of its elements; specifically, an enlargement due to growth of the individual elements, as distinguished from
hyperplasia , where there is a multiplication of the cellular elements. - noun Figuratively, excessive growth or accumulation of any kind.
- noun In botany, a general term for all cases of excessive growth and increased size in the organs of plants, whether the increase is general or in a single direction.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of
atrophy .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable, medicine An
increase in thesize of anorgan due toswelling of theindividual cells - noun uncountable, bodybuilding Increase in
muscle size through increased size of individual musclecells ; a result ofweightlifting , and otherexercise . It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells. - verb intransitive, of a tissue or organ : To
increase in size
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
- verb undergo hypertrophy
Etymologies
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Examples
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The term hypertrophy may serve as a general one to comprise all the instances of excessive growth and increased size of organs, whether the increase be general or in one direction merely.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The process that allows the python's heart to expand is called hypertrophy.
Ars Technica John Timmer 2011
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We have what the anthropologist Pascal Boyer has called a hypertrophy of social cognition.
Is God an Accident? 2005
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We have what the anthropologist Pascal Boyer has called a hypertrophy of social cognition.
Is God an Accident? 2005
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Diffuse symmetric scleroderma, or hide-bound disease, is quite rare, and presents itself in two phases: that of infiltration (more properly called hypertrophy) and atrophy, caused by shrinkage.
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Diffuse symmetric scleroderma, or hide-bound disease, is quite rare, and presents itself in two phases: that of infiltration (more properly called hypertrophy) and atrophy, caused by shrinkage.
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The first is a healthy tracing, and the second indicates enlargement, technically called hypertrophy, of the heart
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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In a paper in the current issue of Science , they report that a gorging python expands its heart by enlarging existing cells - a process called hypertrophy - and not by creating new ones.
NYT > Home Page By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN 2011
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In a paper in the current issue of Science, they report that a gorging python expands its heart by enlarging existing cells - a process called hypertrophy - and not by creating new ones.
NYT > Home Page By LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN 2011
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The increase in volume of tissue (a phenomenon known as hypertrophy) is believed to be less prominent in ototoxically deafened cats due to the treatment.
News-Letter 2010
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The simplified version is that fewer than five repetitions per set build strength, more than 12 build endurance, and anything in between works best for “hypertrophy” (building muscles).
Desperate to get fit but hate doing it in public? Here are seven ways to beat gymtimidation Joel Snape 2023
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“There is a misconception that people over 65 cannot produce hypertrophy [growth] of the muscle,” says Mark Peterson, an associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan.
A new start after 60: ‘I was sick, tired and had lost myself – until I began lifting weights at 71’ Paula Cocozza 2021
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