Medical Definition of Hypertrophia

1. The enlargement or overgrowth of an organ or part due to an increase in size of its constituent cells. Compare: hyperplasia. Origin: Gr. Troph = nutrition This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypertrophia

hypertrees
hypertrichiasis
hypertrichophrydia
hypertrichosis
hypertrichosis lanuginosa
hypertrichosis partialis
hypertrichosis universalis
hypertridimensional
hypertriglyceridaemia
hypertriglyceridaemias
hypertriglyceridemia
hypertriglyceridemias
hypertriton
hypertritons
hypertroph
hypertrophia (current term)
hypertrophic
hypertrophic arthritis
hypertrophic cervical pachymeningitis
hypertrophic dystrophy
hypertrophic gastritis
hypertrophic interstitial neuropathy
hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
hypertrophic rhinitis
hypertrophic rosacea
hypertrophic scar
hypertrophical

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