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noun (hypertroph, ies, -)
  1. (medicine) An increase in the size of an organ due to swelling of the individual cells
  2. (bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased numbers of muscle fibers; a result of strict diet, weightlifting, and other exercise.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: hypertrofie
  • French: hypertrophie
  • Italian: ipertrofia
  • Spanish: hipertrofia
verb (hypertroph, i, ed)
  1. (context, intransitive, of a tissue or organ): To increase in size
Translations: 
  • French: s'hypertrophier
  • Spanish: hipertrofiarse

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