hypertrophy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: hypertrophy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for hypertrophy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hypertrophy n abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ v undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hypertrophy \Hyper"trophy\, 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}.