hypertrophy
1. hy.per.tro.phy \hi--'p*r-tr*-fe-\ n [prob. fr. NL hypertrophia, fr. hyper- + -trophia -trophy] 1: excessive development of an organ or part; specif : increase in bulk (as by thickening of muscle fibers) without multiplication of parts 2: exaggerated growth or complexity : ELABORATION 2. hypertrophy vt : to affect with hypertrophy to undergo hypertrophy