Pseudo-hyperthophic

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

  Pseudo-hyperthophic \Pseu`do-hy`per*thoph"ic\, a. [Pseudo- +
     hypertrophic.] (Med.)
     Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a
     variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently
     enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat.
     [1913 Webster]