Dictionary of Sexology Project: Main Index
Hy*per"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. 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.
© Webster 1913.
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