Look up: Hypertrophy

1. hypertrophy
   Increase in cell size causing an increase in the size of an organ or tissue.
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2. Hypertrophy
   Abnormal increase in size (weight) and functional capacity of an organ or tissue, without an increase in the number of structural units upon which their functions depend; hypertrophy is usually stimulated by increased functional demands.
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3. Hypertrophy
   an increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the size of each cell. Muscles increase in size due to hypertrophy.
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4. hypertrophy
   [n] - abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ 2. [v] - undergo hypertrophy, as of muscles
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5. Hypertrophy
   Increase in size of muscle fibre.
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6. Hypertrophy
   Increase in the size and/or mass of cells and tissues, especially relating to muscle fibres.
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7. hypertrophy
   Excessive growth in bulk of a tissue or organ through increase in size but not in number of the constituent cells.
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8. Hypertrophy
   increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the size of its cells
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9. Hypertrophy
   Enlargement of any tissue or organ, but not due to its natural growth
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10. Hypertrophy
    An increase in size of a tissue or organ
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11. Hypertrophy
    Enlargement of cells generating an increase in the size of an organ or tissue.
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12. Hypertrophy
    Hypertrophy: Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the constituent cells. Hypertrophy occurs in the biceps and heart because of increased work. Cardiac hypertrophy is recognizable microscopically by the increased size of the cells. The term hypertroph...
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13. Hypertrophy
    Excessive growth of an organ or tissue.
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14. Hypertrophy
    Increase in size of muscle fibre.
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15. hypertrophy
    Increase in size of a tissue or organ as a result of cell growth, rather than an increase of cell number (hyperplasia), though often both processes occur.
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16. Hypertrophy
    Hy·per'tro·phy noun [ Greek 'ype`r over, beyond + ... nourishment, from ... to nourish: confer French hypertrophie .] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy .
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17. hypertrophy
    The enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells. ... Compare: hyperplasia. ... Origin: Gr. Troph = nutrition ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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18. hypertrophy
    verb undergo hypertrophy; `muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids`
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19. hypertrophy
    (hi-pur´trә-fe) increase in volume of a tissue or organ produced entirely by enlargement of existing cells. See also hyperplasia and proliferation. adj., hypertro´phic., adj.
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20. Hypertrophy
    • (n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
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21. hypertrophy
    (from the article `human disease`) ...problems can arise with biological variability is heart size. If the heart is subjected to a greater than normal burden over a long period, it can ... ...labour are a good example of cellular adaptation. Because of the heavy demand for work from these muscles, each of the individual muscle cells ......
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22. hypertrophy
    (hyper- + Gr. troph) nutrition) the enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells. Cf. hyperplasia.
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23. hypertrophy
    hypertrophy, hypertrophic, hypertrophia 1. Usually an abnormal enlargement of an organ or body part because of an increase in cell size rather than cell numbers. 2. General increase in bulk of a part or organ, not due to tumor formation. Use of the term may be restricted to denote greater bulk thro...
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24. Hypertrophy
    - an increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the size of each cell. Muscles increase in size due to hypertrophy.
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25. hypertrophy
    hypertrophy (hīpûr'trufē) , enlargement of a tissue or organ of the body resulting from an increase in the size of its cells. Such growth accompanies an increase in the functioning of the tissue. In normal physiology the growth in size of muscles (e.g., in an athlete as a result...
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