Definition of "hypertrophic" [hy•per•troph•ic]

• Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hypertrophy (adjective)

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• "Several prominent cardiologists cleared Curry to play, but Barry Maron, a world-renowned specialist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, suggested the DNA test."
• "A majority of these cases are due to a condition called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy HCM."
• "Many dog foods may be deficient in taurine, the result being a cat who suffers a devastating kind of heart disease called hypertrophic cardiomyopathy."