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Hypertrophied

Hypertrophied \Hy*per"tro*phied\, a. (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

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hypertrophied

vb. (en-past of: hypertrophy)

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hypertrophied
hypertrophied

adj. (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells; "hypertrophied myocardial fibers" [syn: enlarged] [ant: atrophied]

hypertrophy
  1. n. abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ

  2. v. undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

  3. [also: hypertrophied]

Usage examples of "hypertrophied".

His diagnosis of program malfunctions was based on more subtle pointers: the presence of hypertrophied fingernails and toenails on the flipperlike appendages, the disappearance of eyelids, the milky, pearl-like luster of the membrane-covered eyes, the severe scoliosis of the spinal column.

He in is a creature, indeed, with a tremendously hypertrophied brain, and with the rest of his organism both relatively and absolutely dwarfed.

One, not McGill's, shows Hitler, with the usual hypertrophied backside, bending down to pick a flower.

The hypertrophied opinion which dominated our conception of the world until a few years ago that the earth alone could support intelligent life has vanished from even the most rigid academic circles.