Defenition of the word hypertrophy

• Defenition of the word hypertrophy

  • The increase of the size of an organ or in a select area of the tissue.
  • abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
  • undergo hypertrophy, as of muscles
  • undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"
  • undergo hypertrophy

Hyponyms for the word hypertrophy

• • acromegalia
  • acromegaly
  • adenomegaly
  • cor pulmonale
  • dactylomegaly
  • elephantiasis
  • giantism
  • gigantism
  • overgrowth
  • splenomegaly

Hypernyms for the word hypertrophy

• • dysplasia
  • grow

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