Hypertrophy

[hai'pә:trәfi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ.

(verb.) undergo hypertrophy; 'muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids'.

尤金校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

希拉里校對

解釋/意思:

n. over-nourishment: the state of an organ or part of the body when it grows too large from over-nourishment.—adjs. Hypertroph′ic -al Hyper′trophied Hyper′trophous.

詹妮校對