Hypertrophy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hypertrophy \Hy*per"tro*phy\, n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + ?
     nourishment, fr. ? to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. &
     Biol.)
     A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an
     organ or part; -- the opposite of {atrophy}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypertrophy
       n : abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
       v : undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people
           take steroids"
       [also: {hypertrophied}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  79 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypertrophy":
     abandon, blossom, boundlessness, brew, burgeon, develop,
     egregiousness, enormousness, exaggeration, excess, excessiveness,
     exorbitance, exorbitancy, extravagance, extravagancy, extreme,
     extremes, extremism, extremity, fabulousness, flourish, gather,
     germinate, giantism, gigantism, gluttony, grow, grow up, hyperbole,
     immoderacy, immoderateness, immoderation, incontinence, increase,
     inordinacy, inordinance, inordinateness, intemperance,
     intemperateness, mature, monstrousness, mushroom, nimiety, outgrow,
     outrageousness, outsize, overdevelop, overdevelopment,
     overgreatness, overgrow, overgrowth, overindulgence, overlargeness,
     overmuch, overmuchness, overtop, overweight, procreate, pullulate,
     radicalism, reproduce, shoot up, spring up, sprout, sprout up,
     thrive, too much, too-muchness, tower, unconscionableness,
     undueness, unreasonableness, unrestrainedness, upshoot, upspear,
     upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax