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hypertrophy

/hahy-pur-truh-fee/US // haɪˈpɜr trə fi //UK // (haɪˈpɜːtrəfɪ) //

肥大,肥厚,肥大症,肥大的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hy·per·tro·phies.

    • : abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.Compare gigantism.
    • : excessive growth or accumulation of any kind.
  1. 1

    hy·per·tro·phied, hy·per·tro·phy·ing.

    • : to affect with or undergo hypertrophy.

Examples

  • In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).

  • It is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.

  • But a prolonged use of the visual mechanism tends to hypertrophy—or atrophy, as the eyes of deep-sea fishes show.

  • It is, however, when the major leaves that we understand the intense hypertrophy of life evoked by imminent death.

  • Fourthly, the rarest have been hypertrophy and hypertrophy with dilatation.

  • Eczema verrucosum presents similar conditions, but, in addition, displays a tendency to papillary or wart-like hypertrophy.