| Meaning | Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ. |
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| Narrower | acromegaly, acromegalia | enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | hipertrofia |
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| Catalan | hipertròfia |
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| Verbs | hypertrophy | undergo hypertrophy |
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