肥大 — meaning in English
hidai
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English meaning
- hypertrophy noun An increase in the size of a tissue or organ caused by its cells growing larger rather than multiplying — in everyday use, the growth of muscle in response to training.
- obesity noun The condition of carrying an unhealthy amount of body fat.
Senses
肥大 is used for these senses in English:
- hypertrophy (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
- obesity (pathology) The state of being obese.
hypertrophy — full definition
- noun An increase in the size of a tissue or organ caused by its cells growing larger rather than multiplying — in everyday use, the growth of muscle in response to training.
- verb To grow larger through such an increase in cell size.
- noun Excessive or disproportionate growth of anything, used figuratively.