pseudohypertrophy

pseudohypertrophy

 [soo″do-hi-per´tro-fe] increase in size without true hypertrophy. adj., adj pseudohypertroph´ic.

pseu·do·hy·per·tro·phy

(sū'dō-hī-pĕr'trŏ-fē), Increase in size of an organ or a part, due not to increase in size or number of the specific functional elements but to that of some other tissue, fatty or fibrous. Synonym(s): false hypertrophy

pseudohypertrophy

Any ↑ in organ size without ↑ in number or size of the organ's native cells; pseudohypertrophy is typical of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, where the ↑ in girth of the extremities is due to infiltration of fat among bundles of atrophic muscle. Cf Hypertrophy.

pseu·do·hy·per·tro·phy

(sū'dō-hī-pĕr'trĕ-fē) Increase in size of an organ or a part, due not to increase in size or number of the specific functional elements but to that of some other tissue, fatty or fibrous.