hypertrophy
abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: dysplasia • Hyponyms: adenomegaly, cor pulmonale, dactylomegaly, elephantiasis, splenomegaly, giantism, gigantism, overgrowth, acromegaly, acromegalia
undergo hypertrophy - muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids • Hypernyms: grow • Verb Frames: - Something ----s - Did his feet hypertrophy?
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