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Overgrowth

Overgrowth Meaning & Definition
Overgrowth Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Overgrowth?

[n] a profusion of growth on or over something else
[n] excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland

Synonyms | Synonyms for Overgrowth: giantism | gigantism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Overgrowth: abandon | boundlessness | egregiousness | enormousness | exaggeration | excess | excessiveness | exorbitance | exorbitancy | extravagance | extravagancy | extreme | extremes | extremism | extremity | fabulousness | giantism | gigantism | gluttony | hyperbole | hypertrophy | immoderacy | immoderateness | immoderation | incontinence | inordinacy | inordinance | inordinateness | intemperance | intemperateness | inundation | monstrousness | nimiety | outrageousness | outsize | overdevelopment | overflowing | overgreatness | overindulgence | overlargeness | overmuch | overmuchness | overpass | overrun | overrunning | overspreading | overweight | radicalism | superiority | surplus | too much | too-muchness | unconscionableness | undueness | unreasonableness | unrestrainedness

See Also | cornucopia | hyperpituitarism | hypertrophy | profuseness | profusion | richness

Overgrowth In Webster's Dictionary

\O"ver*growth`\, n. Excessive growth.

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