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physiologic hypertrophy (medicine)


physiologic hypertrophy
Temporary increase in size of an organ or part to provide for a natural increase of function, such as the kind that occurs in the walls of the uterus and in the mammae during pregnancy.

Synonym: functional hypertrophy.