hypertrophic
Excessively grown tissue
Hypertrophic describes something that has undergone hypertrophy—abnormal enlargement or excessive growth, typically of an organ or tissue.
The term appears most often in medical contexts: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a condition where the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.
Hypertrophic scars are raised scars that form when the body produces too much collagen during healing.
The word can apply to any tissue that has grown beyond its normal size, whether from disease, overuse, or other causes.
Abnormally enlarged
- distendedSwollen from pressure within
- bulgingSwelling outward visibly
- expandedMade larger or wider
- engorgedSwollen from excess filling
thickened · dilated · overgrown · overdeveloped · oversized · puffy · tumescent · inflamed
Pathological connective tissue buildup
- scarringPermanent mark formation
- keloidOvergrown scar tissue
- collagenStructural body protein
- wound healingRestoration after injury
cicatrix · contracture · fibroblast · adhesion · granulation · proliferation · remodeling · connective tissue
Heart muscle disorder
- ventricularOf heart's lower chambers
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
- heart failureInadequate blood pumping condition
arrhythmia · echocardiogram · left ventricle · systolic · diastolic · murmur · stenosis · sudden death
Excessive cell multiplication
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- growth factorsProteins stimulating cell proliferation
- cytokinesImmune signaling proteins
anabolism · differentiation · regeneration · organelles · metabolic · adaptive · compensatory · physiological
Muscle enlargement for appearance
- muscle massAmount of contractile tissue
- strength trainingBuilding muscle through resistance
- weightliftingSport of hoisting barbells
- anabolicBuilding complex molecules
testosterone · protein synthesis · resistance · gains · bulking · powerlifting · skeletal muscle · swole
swollen
Abnormally enlarged
engorged · thickened · dilated · overgrown · overdeveloped · oversized · puffy · tumescent · inflamed · protruding
fibrosis
Pathological connective tissue buildup
wound healing · cicatrix · contracture · fibroblast · adhesion · granulation · proliferation · remodeling · connective tissue · dermal
cardiomyopathy
Heart muscle disorder
- ventricularOf heart's lower chambers
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
heart failure · arrhythmia · echocardiogram · left ventricle · systolic · diastolic · murmur · stenosis · sudden death · genetic
hyperplasia
Excessive cell multiplication
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- mitosisNuclear division producing identical cells
- growth factorsProteins stimulating cell proliferation
cytokines · anabolism · differentiation · regeneration · organelles · metabolic · adaptive · compensatory · physiological · pathological
bodybuilding
Muscle enlargement for appearance
- muscle massAmount of contractile tissue
- strength trainingBuilding muscle through resistance
- weightliftingSport of hoisting barbells
anabolic · testosterone · protein synthesis · resistance · gains · bulking · powerlifting · skeletal muscle · swole · pump
- muscle conditionstoned, flexed, relaxed, tense, tight
- cardiologyheart attack, heart failure, heart rate, heartbeat, cardiologist
- bone termsskeletal, osseous, bony, fractured, spinal
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
hypertrophicatrophic
Shrunken from disuse
atrophied · wasted · shrunken · underdeveloped · hypoplastic
hypertrophicunderdeveloped
Insufficiently grown or advanced
stunted · diminished · shrunken · reduced · miniaturized
hypertrophichypoplastic
Abnormally small or incomplete
underdeveloped · aplastic · stunted · rudimentary · vestigial