1) Acromegalia 2) Acromegaly 3) Adenomegaly 4) Dactylomegaly 5) Elephantiasis 6) Giantism 7) Gigantism 8) Overgrowth 9) Splenomegaly
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1) Anatomical pathology 2) Dysplasia 3) To increase in size 4) Undergo hypertrophy
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Increase in cell size causing an increase in the size of an organ or tissue.
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Excessive growth in bulk of a tissue or organ through increase in size but not in number of the constituent cells.
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• (n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.
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(hyper- + Gr. troph) nutrition) the enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells. Cf. hyperplasia.
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(from the article `human disease`) ...problems can arise with biological variability is heart size. If the heart is subjected to a greater than normal burden over a long period, it can ... ...labour are a good example of cellular adaptation. Because of the heavy demand for work from these muscles, each of the individual muscle cells ......
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An enlargement that is due to an increase in the size of cells.
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an increase in the size of an organ due to an increase in the size of each cell. Muscles increase in size due to hypertrophy.
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(hi-pur´trә-fe) increase in volume of a tissue or organ produced entirely by enlargement of existing cells. See also hyperplasia and proliferation. adj., hypertro´phic., adj.
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An increase in bulk of tissue beyond normal caused by an increase in size but not number of tissue e
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Abnormal increase in size (weight) and functional capacity of an organ or tissue, without an increase in the number of structural units upon which their functions depend; hypertrophy is usually stimulated by increased functional demands.
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Enlargement of any tissue or organ, but not due to its natural growth
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Excessive growth of an organ or tissue.
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Increase in size of a tissue or organ as a result of cell growth, rather than an increase of cell number (hyperplasia), though often both processes occur.
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Hy·per'tro·phy noun [ Greek
'ype`r over, beyond + ... nourishment, from ... to nourish: confer French
hypertrophie .]
(Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of
atrophy .
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Enlargement of cells generating an increase in the size of an organ or tissue.
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Hypertrophy: Enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part of the body due to the increased size of the constituent cells. Hypertrophy occurs in the biceps and heart because of increased work. Cardiac hypertrophy is recognizable microscopically by the increased size of the cells. The term hypertrophy is applied to the enlargement of the uterus duri...
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(hi;per;truo-fe) Growth of an organ due to an increase in the size of its cells (in contrast to hyperplasia).
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hypertrophy, hypertrophic, hypertrophia 1. Usually an abnormal enlargement of an organ or body part because of an increase in cell size rather than cell numbers. 2. General increase in bulk of a part or organ, not due to tumor formation. Use of the term may be restricted to denote greater bulk through increase in size, but not in number, of the in...
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Increase in size of muscle fibre.
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Increase in size of muscle fibre.
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verb undergo hypertrophy; `muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids`
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Enlargement
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Enlargement of tissues or organs because of increased workload.
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