hypertrophic

From hypertroph(y) +‎ -ic.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hʌɪpəˈtɹɒfɪk/

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hypertrophic (comparative more hypertrophic, superlative most hypertrophic)

1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.
   • 2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 360:

     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’.

   1. (of a scar) 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

hypertrophic (not comparable)

1. hypertrophic