| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | hy·per·tro·phy |
| PRONUNCIATION: | h -pûr tr -f |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. hy·per·tro·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. | | INTRANSITIVE & TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: hy·per·tro·phied, hy·per·tro·phy·ing, hy·per·tro·phies To grow or cause to grow abnormally large. | | OTHER FORMS: | hy per·tro phic (-tr f k, -tr f k) ADJECTIVE
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