phì đại
Definition
Verb:
- To hypertrophy: To undergo an abnormal enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or tissue due to an increase in the size of its cells. This is the primary medical meaning.
- To exaggerate / To magnify: To represent something as being larger, greater, or more important than it actually is. This is a figurative, non-medical usage.
Adjective:
- Hypertrophied: Describing an organ or tissue that has undergone abnormal enlargement.
- Exaggerated / Inflated: Describing something that has been represented in an overstated or amplified manner.
Usage Examples
- Verb (Medical):
- Cơ tim có thể phì đại do huyết áp cao. (The heart muscle can hypertrophy due to high blood pressure.)
- Verb (Figurative):
- Đừng phì đại tầm quan trọng của sự việc. (Don't exaggerate the importance of the matter.)
- Adjective:
- Bệnh nhân có tuyến tiền liệt phì đại. (The patient has a hypertrophied prostate gland.)
- Đó là một con số phì đại, không phản ánh sự thật. (That is an inflated figure, not reflecting the truth.)
Advanced Usage
- "phì đại cơ": muscle hypertrophy.
- Các vận động viên tập luyện để đạt được phì đại cơ. (Athletes train to achieve muscle hypertrophy.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sự phì đại (n): Hypertrophy; the process or result of becoming hypertrophied.
- Sự phì đại thất trái là một dấu hiệu lâm sàng quan trọng. (Left ventricular hypertrophy is an important clinical sign.)
Synonyms
- Hypertrophy: (Medical) Abnormal enlargement.
- Exaggerate: To overstate.
- Magnify: To make seem larger.
- Overstate: To describe something in excessive terms.
Related Idioms
- Phì đại hóa vấn đề: To blow an issue out of proportion.
- Báo chí đôi khi có xu hướng phì đại hóa vấn đề. (The press sometimes tends to blow issues out of proportion.)