Hypertrophic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.

    "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’."

  2. 2
    Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy.; 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"

Example

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"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’."

Etymology

From hypertroph(y) + -ic.

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