"hypertrophic" meaning in English

See hypertrophic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /hʌɪpəˈtɹɒfɪk/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hypertrophic.wav Forms: more hypertrophic [comparative], most hypertrophic [superlative]
Etymology: From hypertroph(y) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hypertrophy|ic|alt1=hypertroph(y)}} hypertroph(y) + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} hypertrophic (comparative more hypertrophic, superlative most hypertrophic)
  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.
    Sense id: en-hypertrophic-en-adj-cuHUpgo6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 47 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 49 51
  2. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.
    (of a scar) Raised but not to the extent of a keloid. Hypertrophic scars stay within the original area of a wound, while keloids extend beyond.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (pertaining to hypertrophy): hipertròfic (Catalan), hypertrofinen (Finnish), hypertrophique (French), hypertroph (German), υπερτροφικός (ypertrofikós) [masculine] (Greek), hipeartrófach (Irish), ipertrofico (Italian), hipertrófico (Spanish)

Alternative forms

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