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hypertrophy
has definitions from the field of medicine
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[ noun ] (medicine) abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ
Used in print (Jacob Robbins et al., "The thyroid-stimulating...)In the experimental animal and in man gross deficiency in dietary iodine causes thyroid hyperplasia , hypertrophy and increased thyroid activity ( Money , Rall and Rawson , 1952 ; Stanbury , Brownell , Riggs , Perinetti , Itoiz , and Del_Castillo , 1954 ) . With lower levels , thyroid hypertrophy and increased thyroid blood flow enable the thyroid to accumulate a larger proportion of the daily intake of iodine . |
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[ verb ] (medicine) undergo hypertrophy
Examples "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids" Related terms |
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