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hypertrophy

hy-PER-troh-fee

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Definition

Increase in size of tissue or organ

PathologyMusculoskeletal

Breakdown

Prefix

hyper-

excessive

Root

troph

nourishment

Etymology

Greek: hyper- (excessive) + trophy (nourishment)

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