Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.

    hypertrophieren

  2. (broadly)To enlarge or extend.

More definitions
  • undergo hypertrophy

Translations

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By meaning 1
to increase in size:

Origin

From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trop

From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy.

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Forms

hypertrophies, hypertrophying, hypertrophied, hypertrophied
Base formhypertrophy · to hypertrophy
3rd person singularhypertrophies
Present participlehypertrophying
Past simplehypertrophied
Past participlehypertrophied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhypertrophy
he, she, ithypertrophies

Past simpleLesson

all personshypertrophied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hypertrophied
he, she, ithas hypertrophied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hypertrophy

Antonyms

1 antonyms
atrophy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hypersonichypertensionhypertexthyperthyroidismhyphenB2hypnosis
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