hypertrophy
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
hypertrophy
- (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.
- French: hypertrophie
- German: Hypertrophie
- Italian: ipertrofia
- Portuguese: hipertrofia
- Russian: гипертрофи́я
- Spanish: hipertrofia
hypertrophy
- (intransitive, of a tissue or organ): To increase in size.
- French: s'hypertrophier
- German: hypertrophieren
- Portuguese: hipertrofiar
- Spanish: hipertrofiarse
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