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hypertrophying

hypertrophying is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about hypertrophying

What is hypertrophying the present participle and gerund of?
Hypertrophying is the present participle and gerund of hypertrophy.

Words near hypertrophying in the dictionary

  1. hypertrophically
  2. hypertrophied
  3. hypertrophies
  4. hypertrophous
  5. hypertrophy
  6. hypertrophying
  7. hypertropia
  8. hypertropias
  9. hypertropic
  10. hypertufa
  11. hypertumor

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