Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0086 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-trophy: Development
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The idea
The suffix trophy names development or nourishment of the tissue its root identifies.
In practice
Hypertrophy is excessive development of a tissue.
Where people slip
Trophy describes existing tissue growing or shrinking, not new tissue forming.
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