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"Hypertrophy" Definition

noun

A nontumorous enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of constituent cells: muscle hypertrophy.
Excessive development of an organ or part.
Increase in bulk (as by thickening of muscle fibers) without multiplication of parts.
Exaggerated growth or complexity.

verb-transitive

To grow or cause to grow abnormally large.

verb

To undergo hypertrophy.

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