hypertrophy

[US]/haɪ'pɜːtrəfɪ/
[UK]/haɪ'pɝtrəfi/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. excessive growth or enlargement, especially of an organ or tissue.

Phrases & Collocations

muscle hypertrophy

cardiac hypertrophy

ventricular hypertrophy

Example Sentences

( lipomatosis of the ileocecal valve, lipomatous hypertrophy of the ileocecal valve).

He suggests that ventricular dilation and/or hypertrophy may have contributed to the frequent ventricular ectopy found in this study.

Objective To study the relationship between degree of Left ventricular hypertrophy,heart function,and beta 2 adrenoreceptor density in patients with EH.

Result: There were statistical differences between the adult group and the pediatric group in ethmoid bulla hypertrophy and middle nasal concha etherealization.

Objective The female nipple hypertrophy and mammary hypotrophy can be corrected by simultaneous operation to get more beautiful mammary profile.

Methods The expression of ER was detected by SP immunohistochemistry in 18 cases of pubertal mammary hypertrophy and 12 cases of micromastia.

Results The CT features involved mainly muscular atrophy, hypo - density, selective involvement, muscular hypertrophy and pseudohypertrophy.

Compensatory hypertrophy is a different, temporary growth response in which residual tissue increases in mass and cell number: cells undergo mitosis but do not dedifferentiate.

Results The positive expression rate of ER was respectively 88.89% and 16.67% in pubertal mammary hypertrophy and micromastia. There was significant difference between the two groups(P<0.01).

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