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hypertrophied

hypertrophied is the simple past and past participle of hypertrophy.

Meaning of hypertrophy

Verb

hypertrophy (third-person singular simple present hypertrophies, present participle hypertrophying, simple past and past participle hypertrophied)

  1. (intransitive) Of a tissue or organ, to increase in size.
    Antonyms:
    atrophy
  2. (broadly) To enlarge or extend.
    • But when text hypertrophies into a riot of contending inscripturations, we lose too much of what matters most in writing.2020 January 29, Douglas Groothuis, “Texts, Graphics, and Culture: On the Decline of Reading and Civilization”, in Douglas Groothuis, Ph.D.: Christian Philosopher and Apologist, archived from the...
    Antonyms:
    atrophy

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Words formed from hypertrophied

Questions about hypertrophied

What is hypertrophied the simple past and past participle of?
Hypertrophied is the simple past and past participle of hypertrophy.

Words near hypertrophied in the dictionary

  1. hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
  2. hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
  3. hypertrophic pulmonary osteoarthropathy
  4. hypertrophical
  5. hypertrophically
  6. hypertrophied
  7. hypertrophies
  8. hypertrophous
  9. hypertrophy
  10. hypertrophying
  11. hypertropia

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