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hypertropic

hypertropic is the misspelling of hypertrophic.

Meaning of hypertrophic

Adjective

hypertrophic (comparative more hypertrophic, superlative most hypertrophic)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.
    • Yet these increasingly hypertrophic forms of masculinity existed in tension with ideals of obedience, courtesy, cultural refinement and charity that were still viewed as markers of the ‘gentleman’.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 360
    1. Raised but not to the extent of a keloid. Hypertrophic scars stay within the original area of a wound, while keloids extend beyond.
      • Coordinate term: atrophic

Questions about hypertropic

What is hypertropic the misspelling of?
Hypertropic is the misspelling of hypertrophic.

Words near hypertropic in the dictionary

  1. hypertrophous
  2. hypertrophy
  3. hypertrophying
  4. hypertropia
  5. hypertropias
  6. hypertropic
  7. hypertufa
  8. hypertumor
  9. hypertumors
  10. hypertumour
  11. hypertumours

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