Meaning of Hypertrophy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
   countable
2. Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells; a result of weightlifting, and other exercise. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells.
   uncountable

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Examples

“Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].”

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