English Explanatory Dictionary

hypertrophy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
  2. 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
  1. Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
  2. To enlarge or extend.

Pronunciation

/haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/ /haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/ en-us-hypertrophy.ogg

Word forms

hypertrophy hypertrophies hypertrophying hypertrophied

Etymology

From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy.

Antonyms

atrophy hypotrophy hyperplasia

Derived words

antihypertrophy cardiohypertrophy eccentric hypertrophy hemihypertrophy hypertrophic hypertrophical hypertrophically hypertrophous lipohypertrophy prehypertrophy pseudohypertrophy

Translations

Catalan: hipertròfia Chinese Mandarin: 肥大 Dutch: hypertrofie Esperanto: hipertrofio Finnish: hypertrofia French: hypertrophie German: Hypertrophie Greek: υπερτροφία Indonesian: hipertrofi Irish: hipeartrófacht Italian: ipertrofia Japanese: 肥大 Korean: 비대 Latin: hypertrophia Macedonian: хипертрофија Norwegian Bokmål: hypertrofi Polish: hipertrofia Polish: przerost Portuguese: hipertrofia Romanian: hipertrofie Russian: гипертрофи́я Serbo-Croatian: хипертро̀фија Serbo-Croatian: hipertròfija Spanish: hipertrofia Swedish: hypertrofi Vietnamese: sự nở to
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