υπερτροφία
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Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French hypertrophie, a French-coined term adopted into Greek, equivalent to υπερ- (yper-, “over, hyper-”) + τροφή (trofí, “food, nourishment”) + -ία (-ía). First attested 1856.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
υπερτροφία • (ypertrofía) f (uncountable)
- (medicine) hypertrophy (increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells)
- υπερτροφία μυός ― ypertrofía myós ― muscular hypertrophy
- υπερτροφία της καρδιάς ― ypertrofía tis kardiás ― cardiac hypertrophy
- (medicine, rare) overnourishment, overnutrition, hyperalimentation (excessive intake of nutrients)
- (figuratively) overdevelopment
- Η ατροφία του κοινωνικού κράτους αντιστοιχεί στην υπερτροφία του ποινικού κράτους.
- I atrofía tou koinonikoú krátous antistoicheí stin ypertrofía tou poinikoú krátous.
- The lack of development of the welfare state corresponds to the overdevelopment of the criminal state.
Declension[edit]
υπερτροφία
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | υπερτροφία • |
genitive | υπερτροφίας • |
accusative | υπερτροφία • |
vocative | υπερτροφία • |
Synonyms[edit]
- (overnourishment, hyperalimentation): υπερσιτισμός m (ypersitismós)
Antonyms[edit]
- (antonym(s) of “hypertrophy”): ατροφία f (atrofía, “atrophy”)
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