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overgrowth
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1 overgrowth
Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
synoniemen: giantism, gigantism.
Roget 194:
expansion;
increase of size
etc.
35;
enlargement,
extension,
augmentation;
amplification,
ampliation†;
aggrandizement,
spread,
increment,
growth,
development,
pullulation,
swell,
dilation,
rarefaction;
turgescence†,
turgidness,
turgidity;
dispansion†;
obesity
etc.
(size)
192;
hydrocephalus,
hydrophthalmus [Med.];
dropsy,
tumefaction,
intumescence,
swelling,
tumor,
diastole,
distension;
puffing,
puffiness;
inflation;
pandiculation†.
dilatability,
expansibility.
germination,
growth,
upgrowth†;
accretion
etc.
35;
budding,
gemmation†.
overgrowth,
overdistension†;
hypertrophy,
tympany†.
bulb
etc.
(convexity)
250;
plumper;
superiority of size.
[expansion of the universe]
big bang;
Hubble constant.
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2 overgrowth
A profusion of growth on or over something else.
Pools: przerost, hipertrofia
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