hypertrophy
/hʌɪˈpəːtrəfi
/noun [mass noun] Physiology
The enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells: the hypertrophy of the muscle fibres...
- Many risk factors for coronary artery disease also are predictors of hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, and diabetes mellitus.
- It leads to left ventricular hypertrophy and increased connective tissue content, both of which decrease cardiac compliance.
- Cardiac hypertrophy - the enlargement of the heart muscle cells - can be fatal.
Derivatives
hypertrophic
/ adjective ...- Dobutamine is contraindicated in idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis.
- Patients with dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are at increased risk for perioperative heart failure.
- The most common anomalies are hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and coronary artery anomalies.
hypertrophied
/ adjective ...- Athletes with hypertrophied muscles may be prone to develop this problem if they have the underlying popliteal arterial anatomy.
- The right ventricle was markedly hypertrophied and dilated, consistent with severe cor pulmonale.
- This was confirmed at excision biopsy, which also identified the hypertrophied vessel cut during the procedure.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from hyper- 'beyond, exceeding' + Greek -trophia 'nourishment'.
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