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hypertrophy
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hypertrophy \Hy*per"tro*phy\, n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + ? nourishment, fr. ? to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1821, from hyper- + Greek -trophe "nourishment" (see -trophy). Related: Hypertrophic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable medicine English) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells 2 (context uncountable bodybuilding English) 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. vb. (context intransitive of a tissue or organ English): To increase in size
WordNet
n. abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
v. undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"
[also: hypertrophied]
Wikipedia
Hypertrophy ( IPA /haɪˈpɝːtrəfi/, from Greek ὑπέρ "excess" + τροφή "nourishment") is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells. It is distinguished from hyperplasia, in which the cells remain approximately the same size but increase in number. Although hypertrophy and hyperplasia are two distinct processes, they frequently occur together, such as in the case of the hormonally-induced proliferation and enlargement of the cells of the uterus during pregnancy.
Eccentric hypertrophy is a type of hypertrophy where the walls and chamber of a hollow organ undergo growth in which the overall size and volume are enlarged. It is applied especially to the left ventricle of heart. Sarcomeres are added in series, as for example in dilated cardiomyopathy (in contrast to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a type of concentric hypertrophy, where sarcomeres are added in parallel).
Usage examples of "hypertrophy".
In several of the cases reported the squint and optic atrophy and the amblyopia have pointed to the pituitary body as the seat of a new growth of hypertrophy.
Microscopically the enlargement would seem to be due rather to hyperplasia than to hypertrophy.
In ainhum there is, first, simple hypertrophy, then active hyperplasia The papillae degenerate when deprived of blood supply, and become horny.
Era of European Predominance as the outcome of an uncontrolled irregularity in growth, of economic hypertrophy in a phase of political and cultural atrophy.
More frequently, however, dilatation is the result of valvular lesions, and is associated with hypertrophy, there being an increase in the thickness of the walls with a diminution of the contractile power.
The hypertrophy from valvular lesions goes on increasing until it reaches a certain stage, when dilatation commences, the two conditions then being associated.
The terrible physical strain brings on hypertrophy and valvular diseases of the heart, and many of them suffer from hernia.
It is quite possible that chromopsychosis could reach the fatal level by inducing hypertrophy of the trinitarian follicles with consequent cerebric catatonia.
Lots of hypertrophied facial bone and a mane of curly, nonreflective black hair.
No algae symbionts in the epidermis, so they were constantly eating and excreting through a hypertrophied gastrointestinal tract —.
His diagnosis of program malfunctions was based on more subtle pointers: the presence of hypertrophied fingernails and toenails on the flipperlike appendages, the disappearance of eyelids, the milky, pearl-like luster of the membrane-covered eyes, the severe scoliosis of the spinal column.
He in is a creature, indeed, with a tremendously hypertrophied brain, and with the rest of his organism both relatively and absolutely dwarfed.
One, not McGill's, shows Hitler, with the usual hypertrophied backside, bending down to pick a flower.
The hypertrophied opinion which dominated our conception of the world until a few years ago that the earth alone could support intelligent life has vanished from even the most rigid academic circles.