hypertrophy

/haɪˈpɜː.trə.fi//haɪˈpɜr.trə.fi/

中文释义来自 ECDICT

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hyper-: Forms augmentative forms of the root word. · Used to create forms that are found beyond the root.
-trophy: nutrition · growth, development

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

1(countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.