hypertrophy

Word origin

From French hypertrophie, from Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over, excessive”) + τροφή (trophḗ, “nourishment”), equivalent to hyper- + -trophy.

Used in a sentence

• “Ectopic chondrocyte hypertrophy has been demonstrated in OA, suggesting that the pathogenetical process involves a recapitulation of endochondral ossification [ 11 – 13 ].”

• “But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.”

• “Like a well-exercised muscle, 'network' has hypertrophied into a master concept.”

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