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Adjective: hypertrophied
  1. (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
    "hypertrophied myocardial fibers";
    - enlarged
Verb: hypertrophy  hI'pur-tru-fee
  1. Undergo hypertrophy
    "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

Type of: grow

Antonym: atrophied

Encyclopedia: Hypertrophy Hypertrophy, left ventricular Hypertrophy, right ventricular

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