υπερτροφία
Greek
editEtymology
editLearned 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
editNoun
editυπερτροφία • (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
editDeclension of υπερτροφία
singular | plural | |
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nominative | υπερτροφία • | υπερτροφίες • |
genitive | υπερτροφίας • | υπερτροφιών • |
accusative | υπερτροφία • | υπερτροφίες • |
vocative | υπερτροφία • | υπερτροφίες • |
Synonyms
edit- (overnourishment, hyperalimentation): υπερσιτισμός m (ypersitismós)
Antonyms
edit- (antonym(s) of “hypertrophy”): ατροφία f (atrofía, “atrophy”)
Related terms
edit- υπερτροφικός (ypertrofikós, adjective)
References
edit- ^ υπερτροφία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ 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. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).
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