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disease > symptom > hypertrophy

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hypertrophy  

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  • Hypertrophy (, from Greek ὑπέρ "excess" + τροφή "nourishment") is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells. (Wikipedia)

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