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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The enlargement of an organ without increase of its proper tissue, as when in muscular pseudohypertrophy there is increase of fat and connective tissue while the muscle-fibers are atrophied.
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- noun
Enlargement at thesite of anorgan or partresulting from anincrease in size ornumber of aseparate tissue .
Etymologies
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pseudo- + hypertrophy
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