hypertrophy
| Abnormal increase in size of a body organ or tissue. |
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| This duality of belief systems, coupled with our hypertrophic tendency to intuit purpose, design, and intent in things and under circumstances where they simply don't exist, resulted in religious supernaturalism--much as our adaptive traits of empathy and abstract reasoning effected long-distance altruism. Clinical examination revealed a hypertrophic obstruction of the right inferior turbinate (figure, A). There is also evidence that there is less hypertrophic scarring after cells are applied (Chester et al 2004). |
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