smooth muscle hypertrophy

id: GO:0014895
name: smooth muscle hypertrophy
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The enlargement or overgrowth of all or part of an organ due to an increase in size of its smooth muscle cells without cell division. Physiological hypertrophy is a normal process during development, and can also occur in mature structures on demand. In the uterus, smooth muscle cells undergo hypertrophy during pregnancy.

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