"hypertrophy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /haɪˈpɜːtɹəfi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪˈpɝːtɹəfi/ [US] Audio: en-us-hypertrophy.ogg Forms: hypertrophies [plural]
Etymology: From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|hypertrophie}} French hypertrophie, {{der|en|grc|ὑπέρ||over, excessive}} Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”), {{af|en|hyper-|-trophy}} hyper- + -trophy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hypertrophy (countable and uncountable, plural hypertrophies)
  1. (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (an increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells): hipertròfia [feminine] (Catalan), 肥大 (féidà) (Chinese Mandarin), hypertrofie (Dutch), hypertrofia (Finnish), hypertrophie [feminine] (French), Hypertrophie [feminine] (German), υπερτροφία (ypertrofía) [feminine] (Greek), hipeartrófacht [feminine] (Irish), ipertrofia (Italian), 肥大 (hidai) (alt: ひだい) (Japanese), 비대 (bidae) (Korean), хипертрофија (hipertrofija) [feminine] (Macedonian), hipertrofia [feminine] (Polish), przerost [masculine] (Polish), hipertrofia [feminine] (Portuguese), hipertrofie [feminine] (Romanian), гипертрофи́я (gipertrofíja) [feminine] (Russian), хипертро̀фија [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hipertròfija [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), hipertrofia [feminine] (Spanish), hypertrofi [common-gender] (Swedish), sự nở to (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-hypertrophy-en-noun-PO2pSm1w Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -trophy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trophy: 16 38 15 32 Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'an increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells': 71 29
  2. (uncountable, bodybuilding) 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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Bodybuilding
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: eccentric hypertrophy, hypertrophic, hypertrophical, hypertrophically, hypertrophous Coordinate_terms: hyperplasia

Verb

IPA: /haɪˈpɜːtɹəfi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /haɪˈpɝːtɹəfi/ [US] Audio: en-us-hypertrophy.ogg Forms: hypertrophies [present, singular, third-person], hypertrophying [participle, present], hypertrophied [participle, past], hypertrophied [past]
Etymology: From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|hypertrophie}} French hypertrophie, {{der|en|grc|ὑπέρ||over, excessive}} Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”), {{af|en|hyper-|-trophy}} hyper- + -trophy Head templates: {{en-verb}} hypertrophy (third-person singular simple present hypertrophies, present participle hypertrophying, simple past and past participle hypertrophied)
  1. (intransitive, of a tissue or organ) To increase in size. Tags: intransitive Translations (to increase in size): hipertrofiar (Catalan), s’hypertrophier (French), hypertrophieren (German), υπερτροφώ (ypertrofó) (Greek), αυξάνω (afxáno) (Greek), 肥大する (hidai suru) (alt: ひだいする) (Japanese), hipertrofiar (Portuguese), hipertrofia (Romanian), hipertrofiarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-hypertrophy-en-verb-Ca1Poq7d Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -trophy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trophy: 16 38 15 32 Disambiguation of 'to increase in size': 92 8
  2. (by extension) To enlarge or extend. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-hypertrophy-en-verb-QxTIuciQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with hyper-, English terms suffixed with -trophy Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with hyper-: 17 22 22 40 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trophy: 16 38 15 32

Inflected forms

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