hypertrophy
(hī-pĕr′trŏ-fē)
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[hyper- + -trophy]
1. An increase in the size of an organ, structure, or the body due to growth rather than tumor formation. This term is generally restricted to an increase in size or bulk that results not from an increase in the number of cells but from an increase in a cellular component, e.g., proteins. It applies to any increase in size as a result of functional activity.
SYN: SEE: hypertrophia
SEE: hyperplasia
hypertrophic (hī″pĕr-trō′fik)
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, adj. 2. To cause or experience hypertrophy.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Hypertrophy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742750/all/hypertrophy.
Hypertrophy. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742750/all/hypertrophy. Accessed December 8, 2024.
Hypertrophy. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742750/all/hypertrophy
Hypertrophy [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 08]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/742750/all/hypertrophy.
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