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单词 hypertrophy
释义 hy·per·tro·phy
I. \ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷fē\ noun
Etymology: probably from New Latin hypertrophia, from hyper- + -trophia -trophy
1. : overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part (as that resulting from unusually steady or severe use or in compensation for an organic deficiency); specifically : increase in bulk without increase in the number of constituent elements that is produced by thickening of the muscle fibers
 < cardiac hypertrophy >
— compare hyperplasia, hypotrophy
2. : exaggerated growth in size or complexity : excessive enlargement
 < economic concentration increasing at a parallel rate with business hypertrophy — Paul Johnson >
 < a certain hypertrophy in the contrapuntal writing making for very complicated listening — K.H.Wörner >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
: to affect with hypertrophy
intransitive verb
: to increase or grow in size beyond the normal
 < a healthy kidney hypertrophies when the other fails >
 < orthodoxies hypertrophy as inspiration declines >
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