hypertrophy

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

   “Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].”

2. isim 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.
3. fiil Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
4. fiil To enlarge or extend.

   “But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.”