hypertrophied

1. 1.

   (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells

   “hypertrophied myocardial fibers”

   Synonymsenlarged

   Antonymsatrophied

Questions about hypertrophied

What does hypertrophied mean?

hypertrophied means "(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells".

How many syllables are in hypertrophied?

hypertrophied has 4 syllables: hy-per-tro-phied. The stress falls on "per".

What is another word for hypertrophied?

Close synonyms include enlarged. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of hypertrophied?

The recorded antonyms are atrophied.

Is hypertrophied a common word?

hypertrophied is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.