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Meanings of overgrowth in English

Portuguese
gigantismo
Catalan
gegantisme

Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

        gigantismo
        Usage of overgrowth in English
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        They really are affected by excess nutrients and algal overgrowth, Webber said.
        Reuters
        2
        Looked like Quashee had licked that overgrowth problem-inspirit space, at least.
        Sister Mine
        3
        Where skeletal overgrowth happens, the fingers may become excessively long or thickened.
        Harvest Home
        4
        At presentation, the patient displayed neither generalized overgrowth nor dysregulated adipose tissue.
        Pubmed
        5
        The histology of tropical enteropathy resembles that seen in small-bowel bacterial overgrowth.
        Pubmed
        6
        Fifty-seven patients and forty controls were evaluable for OCTT and bacterial overgrowth.
        Pubmed
        7
        There were deer grazing the overgrowth of grass along the borrow ditches.
        Bone fire
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        In humans, somatic activating mutations in PIK3CA are associated with skeletal overgrowth.
        Pubmed
        9
        They are non-cancerous and are caused by an overgrowth of fat cells.
        News.com.au
        10
        The great trouble in cultivating comes in the overgrowth of vines.
        The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.
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        As particular neonatal clinical signs polyhydramnios and endocardial overgrowth are to be mentioned.
        Pubmed
        12
        The patient's features do not resemble any reported overgrowth syndromes reported so far.
        Pubmed
        13
        To avoid bacterial overgrowth PenStrep can be added without negatively affecting DNA preservation.
        Pubmed
        14
        We observed that alcohol-dependent patients displayed reduced intestinal fungal diversity and Candida overgrowth.
        Pubmed
        15
        Higher seeding rates again resulted in overgrowth of low- or nonproducers.
        Pubmed
        16
        My only alternative was to huddle in the overgrowth, risk the approaching flashlight.
        Disciple of the dog
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        Translations for overgrowth
        Catalan
        gegantisme
        Overgrowth through the time
        Overgrowth across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common