hypertrophy - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • muscle: These are interesting findings, which will surely trigger more research into the actual causes of the hypertrophy of the cardiac muscle.
  • skin: The hypertrophy of the skin, skin folds and swelling of the limbs is often referred to as elephantitis.
  • cell: For therapeutic doses of irbesartan in humans, the hyperplasia / hypertrophy of the renal juxtaglomerular cells does not appear to have any relevance.

Converse of subject

  • characterize: These were characterized by hepatic hypertrophy and fatty degeneration.

Converse of object

  • induce: The investigation was prompted by varying opinions on the optimal resistance exercise to induce muscular hypertrophy in the quadriceps of body builders.
  • leave: Salt and left ventricular hypertrophy: what are the links?
  • include: The sort of diseases included myocardial hypertrophy, inflammatory bowel disease, thyroid gland problems and allergy.
  • show: Children training with weights have shown minimal hypertrophy in response to this stimulus.
  • cause: The potential for iron overload to cause hypertrophy is demonstrated in Friedrich's ataxia.
  • develop: Cocker spaniels may develop glandular hypertrophy and German Shepherd Dogs are reported to have an increased predisposition.

Adjective modifier

  • prostatic: It is used in a higher dose to reduce the size of the prostate gland in men with benign prostatic hypertrophy.
  • ventricular: The disorder is variable in degree, with some people having only minimal ventricular hypertrophy.
  • benign: In recent times the nettle has also been found to be effective in the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy.
  • cardiac: In this research, cDNA expression arrays analysis was applied to isolate the gene fragments related to cardiac hypertrophy.
  • muscular: In fact training with very heavy weights in the 1-5 rep range has been shown to contribute little to muscular hypertrophy.
  • left: No association was found for left ventricular hypertrophy or hypertension in nondiabetic subjects.

Noun used with modifier

  • fiber: The stimulus for muscle fiber hypertrophy may vary between muscle groups, depending on their activity pattern.
  • muscle: The stimulus for muscle fiber hypertrophy may vary between muscle groups, depending on their activity pattern.
  • prostate: In recent times the nettle has also been found to be effective in the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy.
  • gum: Miscellaneous Myopia, vaginal bleeding, swelling of the tongue, gum hypertrophy, hirsutism.

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