hypertrophied

/'haipə:'trɔfik/ Cách viết khác : (hypertrophied) /hai'pə:trəfid/

Thân thiện

The bodybuilder's hypertrophied muscles were clearly visible.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • (Medicine, Biology) Excessively enlarged: Describes an organ or body part that has become abnormally large due to an increase in the size of its constituent cells, not an increase in their number. This is typically a result of increased workload, disease, or hormonal stimulation.

Usage

• The term is primarily used in medical and biological contexts to describe a pathological or adaptive condition of enlargement.
• It is often used attributively (before a noun) to modify the specific organ or tissue.
• Example: "The doctor noted the patient's hypertrophied left ventricle."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The pathologist observed hypertrophied muscle fibers under the microscope.
  • Chronic high blood pressure can lead to a hypertrophied heart.
  • The hypertrophied prostate gland was causing urinary obstruction.

Advanced Usage

• "to become hypertrophied": to undergo the process of hypertrophy.
  • The muscle can become hypertrophied through rigorous weight training.
• Used in contrast to hyperplasia, which is enlargement due to an increase in cell number.

Variants and Related Words

• Hypertrophy (n): The process or condition of becoming hypertrophied; abnormal enlargement.
  • Cardiac hypertrophy is a common response to sustained hypertension.
• Hypertrophic (adj): Relating to or characterized by hypertrophy.
  • The biopsy showed hypertrophic changes in the tissue.

Synonyms

• Enlarged
• Overgrown (in a pathological sense)
• Swollen (though this more often implies fluid accumulation/edema, not cellular growth)

Antonyms

• Atrophied: Wasted away or decreased in size.
• Undersized
• Normal-sized

Related Phrases/Idioms

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
   • hypertrophied myocardial fibers

Từ đồng nghĩa

• enlarged