hypertrophy
Americannoun
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hypertrophies
plural
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abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
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excessive growth or accumulation of any kind.
verb (used with or without object)
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hypertrophies,
present (3rd person singular)
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hypertrophied,
past participle, past
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hypertrophying
present participle
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
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Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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hypertrophysimple
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hypertrophiessimple
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have hypertrophiedperfect
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has hypertrophiedperfect
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am hypertrophyingprogressive
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are hypertrophyingprogressive
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is hypertrophyingprogressive
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have been hypertrophyingperfect progressive
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has been hypertrophyingperfect progressive
Past
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hypertrophiedsimple
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had hypertrophiedperfect
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was hypertrophyingprogressive
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were hypertrophyingprogressive
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had been hypertrophyingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of hypertrophy
Example Sentences
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For example, the diabetic human heart organoids were larger, suggesting signs of cardiac hypertrophy -- a first hallmark of maternal pregestational diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 8, 2024
Surgery for benign prostatic hypertrophy “is no big deal,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
When you do strength training, over time, exercises that at first felt difficult become easier as your muscles increase in strength and size — a process called hypertrophy.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2022
Other researchers have noted that years of repeated use can accelerate hypertrophy, the increase of muscle cells.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
She was a frosty girl, plain and colorless, who protected herself against a world she disliked by a mask-like expression and a hypertrophy of intellect.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
This results in the look of “six-pack abs,” as each segment hypertrophies on individuals at the gym who do many sit-ups.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Mentally he was dull; the bones of the face and extremities showed the hypertrophies characteristic of acromegaly, the soft parts not being involved.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
The intima hypertrophies, layer upon layer being added in an attempt to restore the strength of the vessel.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
In other words, the heart must gradually become accustomed to the changed conditions, and, as a result of increased work, the muscle hypertrophies.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
This law, indicated by Aristotle, but clearly outlined by Goethe in 1807, and Geoffroy St. Hilaire in 1818, underlies the physiological atrophies and hypertrophies which play such a part in degeneracy.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Eugene S. Talbot
It is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes overgrown or "hypertrophied".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
Kirby’s hyperkinetic figures with hypertrophied muscles left human anatomy in the dust.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2019
Or what about those profitless but hypertrophied creatures of the dot-com boom, such as theglobe.com? In 1999 a company called Pixelon raised $35 million, Mr. McCullough notes, to develop video and audio streaming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2018
They had names like Alec, Avery and Shawn; they were, for transhumanists, a startlingly frat-brovian contingent, all laid-back Texan vibes, loosefitting vests, hypertrophied upper bodies.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2017
The same sequence of events repeats itself; high tension, arterial strain, compensatory thickening, hypertrophied heart, etc.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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