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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

hypertrophy
    n 1: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
    v 1: undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people
         take steroids"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

Thesaurus Results for hypertrophy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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