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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Hypertrophy
//haɪˈpɜː.tɹə.fi//
Synonyms for "hypertrophy" (79 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (39)
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10 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 23 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- hipertròfia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hipertrofiar verb (to increase in size)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 肥大 noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Dutch
1 entries- hypertrofie noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Finnish
1 entries- hypertrofia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
French
2 entries- hypertrophie noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- s’hypertrophier verb (to increase in size)
German
2 entries- Hypertrophie noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hypertrophieren verb (to increase in size)
Greek
3 entries- υπερτροφία noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- αυξάνω verb (to increase in size)
- υπερτροφώ verb (to increase in size)
Indonesian
1 entries- hipertrofi noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Irish
1 entries- hipeartrófacht noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Italian
1 entries- ipertrofia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Japanese
2 entries- 肥大 noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- 肥大する verb (to increase in size)
Korean
1 entries- 비대 noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Latin
1 entries- hypertrophia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Macedonian
1 entries- хипертрофија noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- hypertrofi noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Polish
2 entries- hipertrofia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- przerost noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Portuguese
2 entries- hipertrofia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hipertrofiar verb (to increase in size)
Romanian
2 entries- hipertrofie noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hipertrofia verb (to increase in size)
Russian
1 entries- гипертрофи́я noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- hipertròfija noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- хипертро̀фија noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hipertròfija verb (to increase in size)
Spanish
2 entries- hipertrofia noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
- hipertrofiarse verb (to increase in size)
Swedish
1 entries- hypertrofi noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự nở to noun (increase in the size due to cell enlargement)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.
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Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.
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