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prehypertrophic en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + hypertrophic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Prior to the presence of hypertrophy
    • However, quantitation of the lengths of the different zones of the growth plates indicated that the proliferating zone of the growth plate was modestly increased while the prehypertrophic zone was decreased in CartIR −/− mice compared to controls ( Figure 2e and 2f ). 2014 July 1, Fengjie Zhang et al., “Insulin exerts direct, IGF-1 independent actions in growth plate chondrocytes”, in Bone Research, volume 2, →DOI: