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hypertrophy
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What does hypertrophy mean?
noun
- An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
- Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells; a result of weightlifting, and other exercise. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells.
verb
- Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
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verb
- To enlarge or extend.
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But a prolonged use of the visual mechanism tends to hypertrophy--or atrophy, as the eyes of deep-sea fishes show.
The kidneys are occasionally much larger than usual, without any other change of structure; or simple hypertrophy may affect but one of them.
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The caseous material of canker is also present, as is a disposition to hypertrophy of the exposed sensitive structures.
In these congenital cases there is loose attachment of the skin without hypertrophy, to which the term dermatolysis is restricted by Crocker.