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Hypertrophy vs Hypoplasia - What's the difference?

hypertrophy | hypoplasia |

As nouns the difference between hypertrophy and hypoplasia

is that hypertrophy is (countable|medicine) an increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells while hypoplasia is underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells.

As a verb hypertrophy

is (of a tissue or organ): to increase in size.

hypertrophy

English

(wikipedia hypertrophy)

Noun

  • (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells
  • (uncountable, bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells; a result of weightlifting, and other exercise. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells.

    • Verb

    (en-verb)
  • (of a tissue or organ): To increase in size

    • Antonyms

    * atrophy

    hypoplasia

    English

    Noun

  • underdevelopment or incomplete development of a tissue or organ, especially when caused by an inadequate or below-normal number of cells