eccentric hypertrophy

n.

Hypertrophic growth of the walls of a hollow organ, especially the heart, in which the overall size and volume are enlarged.

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Words nearby eccentric hypertrophy

eclipsis, ecliptic, ecliptic coordinate system, ecliptic latitude, ecliptic longitude, eccentric hypertrophy, eclogue, eclogues, eclosion, ecm, ecmnesia
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