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(of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
hypertrophied myocardial fibers
How To Use hypertrophied In A Sentence
- Athletes with hypertrophied muscles may be prone to develop this problem if they have the underlying popliteal arterial anatomy.
- Mannikarottu AS, Disanto ME, Zderic SA, Wein AJ, Chacko S.: Altered expression of thin filament-associated proteins in hypertrophied urinary bladder smooth muscle. Publications of the Urology Division
- Massive ventrolaterally projecting flanges projected from the bottom surface of the specimen: they were highly similar to the hypertrophied centroparapophyseal laminae regarded by Wedel et al. (2000a) as diagnostic for Sauroposeidon. Archive 2006-07-01
- Today, they contend, those qualities have been eclipsed “by the hypertrophied commercial individualism of the age of extremes” — as high-altitude adventure has become high-tech, it has become compromised, disputatious, even nihilistic. Cover to Cover
- Hypertrophied upper canines which occur in the paratype, have never previously been recorded in kangaroos and represent an example of evolutionary convergence between these herbivorous marsupials and ungulate eutherians.
- The right ventricle was markedly hypertrophied and dilated, consistent with severe cor pulmonale.
- Jerusalem centers on Johnny "Rooster" Byron, a hypertrophied, unemployed Lord of Misrule, currently squatting in a trailer on some forestland in southwest England. Eamon Murphy: Theater Review: Jerusalem
- Microscopical examination shows a marked increase in the pigment in the lowest layers of the rete mucosum, as well as more or less pigmentation in the corium usually following the course of the bloodvessels; in the verrucous variety the papillæ are greatly hypertrophied, in addition to the increased pigmentation. Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine
- One factor pointing towards increased risk, in his case, was the fact that he had apparently a hypertrophied ventricle.
- No patients had anatomic abnormalities of the thoracic inlet, such as a hypertrophied scalenus anticus tendon or an obstructing tumor.