HYPERTROPHY

hypertrophy

(noun) abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

hypertrophy

(verb) undergo hypertrophy; “muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

hypertrophy (countable and uncountable, plural hypertrophies)

(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells.

(uncountable, bodybuilding) 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.

Verb

hypertrophy (third-person singular simple present hypertrophies, present participle hypertrophying, simple past and past participle hypertrophied)

(intransitive, of a tissue or organ): To increase in size.

Antonyms

• atrophy

Source: Wiktionary

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Hy*per"tro*phy, n. Etym: [Gr. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.)

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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