hypertrophy

noun

1. (countable)An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

   “Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].”

2. (uncountable)An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.

verb

1. (intransitive)Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
2. (broadly)To enlarge or extend.

   “But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.”

   “Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.”