| NOUN | state | hypertrophy | abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERB | body | hypertrophy | undergo hypertrophy |
| Sounds | hhay'pertrow.fiy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | apostrophe ... typography: 53 rhymes with fiy... | |
| Meaning | Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | acromegaly, acromegalia | enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face |
| adenomegaly | gland enlargement | |
| cor pulmonale | enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart due to disease of the lungs or of the pulmonary blood vessels | |
| dactylomegaly | abnormally large fingers or toes | |
| elephantiasis | hypertrophy of certain body parts (usually legs and scrotum) | |
| giantism, gigantism, overgrowth | excessive size | |
| splenomegaly | An abnormal enlargement of the spleen | |
| Broader | dysplasia | Abnormal development (of organs or cells) or an abnormal structure resulting from such growth |
| Spanish | hipertrofia | |
| Catalan | hipertròfia | |
| Verbs | hypertrophy | undergo hypertrophy |
| Meaning | Undergo hypertrophy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Model | Did his feet hypertrophy? | |
| Example | "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids" | |
| Broader | grow | Become larger / larger, greater, or bigger |
| Catalan | hipertròfia | |
| Nouns | hypertrophy | abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ |
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