hypertrophy
abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.: Compare gigantism (def. 1).
excessive growth or accumulation of any kind.
to affect with or undergo hypertrophy.
Origin of hypertrophy
1Other words from hypertrophy
- hy·per·troph·ic [hahy-per-trof-ik, -troh-fik], /ˌhaɪ pərˈtrɒf ɪk, -ˈtroʊ fɪk/, adjective
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How to use hypertrophy in a sentence
In the heart, it reversed age-induced cardiac hypertrophy (enlargement of the heart).
This Is the Way You’ll Live Forever | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Tej Azad | May 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is nearly always accompanied by a distinct hypertrophy of the thymus gland.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyBut a prolonged use of the visual mechanism tends to hypertrophy—or atrophy, as the eyes of deep-sea fishes show.
Criminal Psychology | Hans GrossIt is, however, when the major leaves that we understand the intense hypertrophy of life evoked by imminent death.
Modernities | Horace Barnett SamuelFourthly, the rarest have been hypertrophy and hypertrophy with dilatation.
Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it | Francis E. Anstie
Eczema verrucosum presents similar conditions, but, in addition, displays a tendency to papillary or wart-like hypertrophy.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
British Dictionary definitions for hypertrophy
/ (haɪˈpɜːtrəfɪ) /
enlargement of an organ or part resulting from an increase in the size of the cells: Compare atrophy, hyperplasia
to undergo or cause to undergo this condition
Derived forms of hypertrophy
- hypertrophic (ˌhaɪpəˈtrɒfɪk), adjective
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