'Hypertrophy' definitions:
Definition of 'hypertrophy'
(from WordNet)
noun
Abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
verb
Undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"
Definition of 'Hypertrophy'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'hypertrophy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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