hypertrophy

Speech parts

1. hypertrophy - Noun

2. hypertrophy - Verb

Meaning

A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

growth burgeon develop grow extreme inflation excess thrive flourish enlarge enlargement extravagance exaggerate exaggeration germinate
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Antonyms

atrophy lower fall reduce contract decline
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Hypernyms

grow dysplasia

Hyponyms

overgrowth elephantiasis gigantism giantism acromegaly acromegalia

Phrases with the word

liver hypertrophy benign prostate hypertrophy cardiac hypertrophy cardiomyocyte hypertrophy concentric hypertrophy pyloric hypertrophy

Derivatives

hypertrophied

Examples

muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids Source: Internet

An example of physiological hypertrophy is the result of significant athletic training ( athletic heart syndrome ). Source: Internet

Disorders of the myocardium The diagram shows a healthy heart (left) and one suffering from right ventricular hypertrophy (right). Source: Internet

Myasthenia gravis is often associated with thymic hypertrophy. Source: Internet

However, as muscles become adapted to the exercises, soreness tends to decrease. citation Weight training aims to build muscle by prompting two different types of hypertrophy : sarcoplasmic hypertrophy and myofibrillar hypertrophy. Source: Internet

I.e, a bodybuilder will use sarcoplasmic hypertrophy most of the time, but may change to myofibrillar hypertrophy temporarily in order to move past a plateau. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hypertrophically hypertrophied hypertrophous hypertropia hypertufa hypertumor