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hypertrophy
CIDE DICTIONARY
hypertrophy, n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + nourishment, fr. to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.].
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
hypertrophy, n. the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.
Derivative
hypertrophic adj. hypertrophied adj.
Etymology
mod.L hypertrophia (as HYPER-, Gk - trophia nourishment)
THESAURUS
hypertrophy
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hypertrophy
Expansion
N expansion, increase of size, enlargement, extension, augmentation, amplification, ampliation, aggrandizement, spread, increment, growth, development, pullulation, swell, dilation, rarefaction, turgescence, turgidness, turgidity, dispansion, obesity, hydrocephalus, hydrophthalmus, dropsy, tumefaction, intumescence, swelling, tumor, diastole, distension, puffing, puffiness, inflation, pandiculation, dilatability, expansibility, germination, growth, upgrowth, accretion, budding, gemmation, overgrowth, overdistension, hypertrophy, tympany, bulb, plumper, superiority of size, big bang, Hubble constant, expanded larger, &c (large), swollen, expansive, wide open, wide spread, flabelliform, overgrown, exaggerated, bloated, fat, turgid, tumid, hypertrophied, dropsical, pot bellied, swag bellied, edematous, oedematous, obese, puffy, pursy, blowzy, bigswoln, distended, patulous, bulbous, full blown, full grown, full formed, big, abdominous, enchymatous, rhipidate, tumefacient, tumefying.For further exploring for "hypertrophy" in Webster Dictionary Online