hypertrophy
noun
abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
hypertrophied
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past participleof hypertrophy.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof hypertrophy.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
hypertrophynounabnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
Example Sentences
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It is a condition in which the heart muscle becomes overgrown or "hypertrophied".
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2023
That muscle swiftly hypertrophied, or bulked up, providing an accelerated version of resistance training.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
Or what about those profitless but hypertrophied creatures of the dot-com boom, such as theglobe.com? In 1999 a company called Pixelon raised $35 million, Mr. McCullough notes, to develop video and audio streaming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2018
The electric dependency of every aspect of modern society is hypertrophied in cities.
From Forbes ● Nov. 28, 2012
But it is not necessary to give farther illustrations of this common tendency in some organs to become hypertrophied.
From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. Masters
