Definition of: hypertrophy

(hī·pûr′trə·fē) noun Pathol.
1. The excessive development of an organ or part.
2. The morbid enlargement of a part from increased nutrition without increase of waste: opposed to atrophy.
—v.i. ·phied, ·phy·ing To grow excessively; develop abnormally.
—hy·per·troph·ic (hī′pər·trof′ik, -trō′fik) or ·i·cal adjective

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muscular hypertrophy
gingival hypertrophy
sarcoplasmic hypertrophy
myocardial hypertrophy
pathological hypertrophy

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