Hypertrophy: nf (word coming from hyper- and from the Greek trophê, literally “excess of nutrition”).
The word "hypertrophy" has several meanings:
1. Physiology: Increase in volume of an organ with or without anatomical alteration.
Cell hypertrophy (hyperplasia).
Hypertrophy of the extremities (acromegaly).
Breast hypertrophy.
2. Abstract: Excessive, abnormal development (exaggeration: Hypertrophy of the ego).
Opposites of hypertrophy: atrophy, hypotrophy...
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