Dictionary

hypertrophy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
   • Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ]. 2010 January 29, Anita Woods et al., “Control of chondrocyte gene expression by actin dynamics: a novel role of cholesterol/Ror-α signalling in endochondral bone growth”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 13, →DOI:
2. (uncountable) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells. ▸ 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.

Forms

Antonyms

hyperplasia · atrophy · hyperplasia · hypotrophy · hypotrophy · atrophy

Deriveds

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

Translations (26)

el υπερτροφία (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · la hypertrophia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ro hipertrofie (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ru гипертрофи́я (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · vi sự nở to (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ja 肥大 (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · fr hypertrophie (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ga hipeartrófacht (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · sh hipertròfija (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · nl hypertrofie (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ko 비대 (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · de Hypertrophie (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · pl hipertrofia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · sv hypertrofi (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · ca hipertròfia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · mk хипертрофија (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · id hipertrofi (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · fi hypertrofia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · es hipertrofia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · pt hipertrofia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · nb hypertrofi (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · sh хипертро̀фија (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · cmn 肥大 (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · it ipertrofia (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · pl przerost (increase in the size due to cell enlargement) · eo hipertrofio (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)

hypertrophy en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /haɪˈpɜɹ.tɹə.fi/ (US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (intransitive) Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
2. (broadly) To enlarge or extend.
   • Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept. 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 76:
   • But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing. 2020 January 29, Douglas Groothuis, “Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization”, in Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.: Christian Philosopher and Apologist, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2023:

Forms

Antonyms

atrophy · atrophy

Translations (10)

ja 肥大する (to increase in size) · el υπερτροφώ (to increase in size) · ro hipertrofia (to increase in size) · ca hipertrofiar (to increase in size) · sh hipertròfija (to increase in size) · fr s’hypertrophier (to increase in size) · es hipertrofiarse (to increase in size) · de hypertrophieren (to increase in size) · el αυξάνω (to increase in size) · pt hipertrofiar (to increase in size)