HYPERTROPHY

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) A term frequently applied to the morbid enlargement of any part of the body " This term ought to be restricted to cases in which a part, though increased in bulk, retains its natural organization and structure." (Cooper's Dictionary.) HYPHA, in describing ^/[g^^, denotes the filamentous, fleshy, watery thallus of By acets. [s. 593]