hypertrophy
hypertrophy
Definition
hyper·tro·phy (hī pʉr′trə fē)
noun
a considerable increase in the size of an organ or tissue, caused by enlargement of its cellular components
intransitive verb, transitive verb -·phied, -·phy·ing
to undergo or cause to undergo hypertrophy
hyper·troph·ic (hī′pər träf′ik, -trō′fik) adjective
hypertrophy
Synonyms
hypertrophy
n.
hypertrophy
Usage Examples
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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