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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Inflected Forms
Nouns
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
In simple chronic renal diseases the heart first normally hypertrophies to overcome the increased blood tension and increased resistance.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
War, which creates a state of exaltation, hypertrophies all the qualities, all the tendencies, be they for good or for evil.
From Peaceless Europe by Francesco Saverio Nitti
Drawn from a case of postdiphtheric subglottic stenosis cured by the author's method of direct galvanocauterization of the hypertrophies.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
This auricle then somewhat hypertrophies, but is unable to prevent more or less damming back of the blood into the lungs through the pulmonary veins.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
It is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes overgrown or "hypertrophied".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
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 electric dependency of every aspect of modern society is hypertrophied in cities.
From Forbes ● Nov. 28, 2012
The hearts in such cases are more or less hypertrophied and show extensive areas of fibroid myocarditis.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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