n., pl., -phies.
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.
intr. & tr.v., -phied, -phy·ing, -phies.
To grow or cause to grow abnormally large.
hypertrophic hy'per·tro'phic (-trō'fĭk, -trŏf'ĭk) adj.
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