concentric hypertrophy

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Hypertrophic growth of a hollow organ without overall enlargement, in which the walls of the organ are thickened and its capacity or volume is diminished.

concentric hypertrophy

Etymology: L, con + centrum, center; Gk, hyper, excessive, trophe, nourishment

a type of tissue overgrowth in which the walls of an organ continue to increase but the exterior size remains the same and the internal size diminishes.

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