Usually means: Increasing in size, typically muscles.
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General (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypertrophying: Merriam-Webster
  2. hypertrophying: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hypertrophying: Wiktionary
  4. hypertrophying: Dictionary.com
  5. hypertrophying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hypertrophying: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. hypertrophying: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. hypertrophying: Medical dictionary

(Note: See hypertrophy as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (hypertrophy)

noun:  (countable, medicine) An increase in the size of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its individual cells.
noun:  (uncountable, bodybuilding) Increase in muscle size through increased size of individual muscle cells; a result of weightlifting, and other exercise. It differs from muscle hyperplasia, which is the formation of new muscle cells.
verb:  (intransitive, of a tissue or organ) To increase in size.
verb:  (by extension) To enlarge or extend.
▸ Also see hypertrophy


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