hypertrophies

Swells from overuse

Hypertrophies is the verb form of hypertrophy—abnormal enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in size of its cells.

A muscle hypertrophies when it grows from exercise; a heart may hypertrophy pathologically under strain.

Figuratively, anything that grows excessively hypertrophies: The bureaucracy hypertrophied until it consumed half the budget.

biological

growth

Increase in size

enlargementIncrease in size
cellularComposed of small units
tissueDisposable soft paper

proliferation · adaptation · compensatory · physiological · response · development · expansion · increase · organ · functional

medical

cardiomyopathy

Heart muscle disorder

enlargementIncrease in size
organBody's working component
cardiacPertaining to the heart

ventricular · myocardial · pathological · congestive · heart failure · fibrosis · myopathy · nephropathy · neuropathy · retinopathy

bodybuilding

muscle

Contractile body tissue

gainsIncreases in value
pumpFluid-moving machine
bulkMain mass or size

mass · swole · growth · lifting · squat · bench · deadlift · protein · anabolic · gym

figurative

expansion

Increase in scope

growthIncrease in size
amplificationIncrease in intensity
escalationProgressive increase in intensity

intensification · bloating · swelling · ballooning · inflation · proliferation · exaggeration · excess · overextension · overdevelopment

Opposites

tissue/organ size change

hypertrophiesatrophies

Diminishes from neglect

wastes away · shrinks · withers · degenerates · shrivels

growth/development trajectory

hypertrophiesatrophies

Diminishes from neglect

declines · weakens · deteriorates · dwindles · reduces

Family

hypertrophic, hypertrophied

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