Hypertrophy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

undergo hypertrophy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˌaɪpɚtɹˈoʊfi/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈɛliənˌaɪðz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈɛliənˌaɪðz/

4 syllables Say it as /hˌaɪpɚtɹˈoʊfi/.

Examples

muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids

Parts of Speech

noun	abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
verb	undergo hypertrophy “muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids”

Word Forms

hypertrophy	verb	undergo hypertrophy
hypertrophy	noun	abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Hypertrophie

abnormale Vergrößerung eines Körperteils oder Organs

🇫🇷French

hypertrophie

hypertrophie anormale d’une partie du corps ou d’un organe

🇪🇸Spanish

hipertrofia

agrandamiento anormal de una parte u órgano del cuerpo

🇮🇹Italian

ipertrofia

ingrandimento anomalo di una parte del corpo o di un organo

🇳🇱Dutch

hypertrofie

abnormale vergroting van een lichaamsdeel of orgaan

🇵🇹Portuguese

hipertrofia

aumento anormal de uma parte ou órgão do corpo

🇷🇺Russian

гипертрофия

аномальное увеличение части тела или органа

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अतिवृद्धि

शरीर के किसी अंग या अंग का असामान्य इज़ाफ़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

হাইপারট্রফি

শরীরের কোন অংশ বা অঙ্গের অস্বাভাবিক বৃদ্ধি

🇮🇳Tamil

அதிவேகத்தன்மை

உடல் உறுப்பு அல்லது உறுப்பின் அசாதாரண விரிவாக்கம்

🇮🇳Telugu

హైపర్ట్రోఫీ

శరీర భాగం లేదా అవయవం యొక్క అసాధారణ విస్తరణ

🇮🇳Marathi

अतिवृद्धी

शरीराच्या एखाद्या भागाची किंवा अवयवाची असामान्य वाढ

🇮🇳Gujarati

હાયપરટ્રોફી

શરીરના અંગ અથવા અંગનું અસામાન્ય વિસ્તરણ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಹೈಪರ್ಟ್ರೋಫಿ

ದೇಹದ ಭಾಗ ಅಥವಾ ಅಂಗದ ಅಸಹಜ ಹಿಗ್ಗುವಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഹൈപ്പർട്രോഫി

ശരീരഭാഗത്തിൻ്റെയോ അവയവത്തിൻ്റെയോ അസാധാരണമായ വർദ്ധനവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹਾਈਪਰਟ੍ਰੋਫੀ

ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਅੰਗ ਜਾਂ ਅੰਗ ਦਾ ਅਸਧਾਰਨ ਵਾਧਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہائپر ٹرافی

جسم کے کسی حصے یا عضو کا غیر معمولی اضافہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肥大

身体部位或器官异常增大

🇯🇵Japanese

肥大

体の一部または臓器の異常な肥大

🇰🇷Korean

비대

신체 부위나 기관의 비정상적 확대

🇻🇳Vietnamese

phì đại

sự mở rộng bất thường của một bộ phận cơ thể hoặc cơ quan

🇹🇭Thai

ยั่วยวน

การขยายตัวผิดปกติของส่วนของร่างกายหรืออวัยวะ

🇮🇩Indonesian

hipertrofi

pembesaran abnormal pada bagian atau organ tubuh

🇲🇾Malay

hipertrofi

pembesaran yang tidak normal pada bahagian atau organ badan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

تضخم

تضخم غير طبيعي لجزء أو عضو من الجسم

🇮🇷Persian

هیپرتروفی

بزرگ شدن غیر طبیعی یک قسمت یا اندام بدن

🇹🇷Turkish

hipertrofi

Bir vücut parçasının veya organının anormal genişlemesi

🇮🇱Hebrew

היפרטרופיה

הגדלה חריגה של חלק או איבר בגוף

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