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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 • (ypertrofía) f (plural υπερτροφίες)
- (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
- 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
Declension of υπερτροφία
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singular
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plural
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nominative
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υπερτροφία (ypertrofía)
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υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)
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genitive
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υπερτροφίας (ypertrofías)
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υπερτροφιών (ypertrofión)
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accusative
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υπερτροφία (ypertrofía)
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υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)
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vocative
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υπερτροφία (ypertrofía)
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υπερτροφίες (ypertrofíes)
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Synonyms
- (overnourishment, hyperalimentation): υπερσιτισμός m (ypersitismós)
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “hypertrophy”): ατροφία f (atrofía, “atrophy”)
References