υπερτροφία

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French hypertrophie,[1] a French-coined term adopted into Greek, equivalent to υπερ- (yper-, over, hyper-) +‎ τροφ(ή) (trof(í), food, nourishment) +‎ -ία (-ía). First attested 1856.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.peɾ.tɾoˈfi.a/
  • Hyphenation: υ‧περ‧τρο‧φί‧α

Noun

υπερτροφία (ypertrofíaf (plural υπερτροφίες)

  1. (medicine) hypertrophy (increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells)
    υπερτροφία μυόςypertrofía myósmuscular hypertrophy
    υπερτροφία της καρδιάςypertrofía tis kardiáscardiac hypertrophy
  2. overnourishment, overnutrition, hyperalimentation (excessive intake of nutrients)
  3. (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

Declension of υπερτροφία
singular plural
nominative υπερτροφία (ypertrofía) υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)
genitive υπερτροφίας (ypertrofías) υπερτροφιών (ypertrofión)
accusative υπερτροφία (ypertrofía) υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)
vocative υπερτροφία (ypertrofía) υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of hypertrophy): ατροφία f (atrofía, atrophy)

References

  1. ^ υπερτροφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ ὑπερτροφία p.1044, vol.2 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).