Excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
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Examples for "overgrowth "
Examples for "overgrowth "
1 They really are affected by excess nutrients and algal overgrowth , Webber said.
2 Looked like Quashee had licked that overgrowth problem-inspirit space, at least.
3 Where skeletal overgrowth happens, the fingers may become excessively long or thickened.
4 At presentation, the patient displayed neither generalized overgrowth nor dysregulated adipose tissue.
5 The histology of tropical enteropathy resembles that seen in small-bowel bacterial overgrowth .
1 Several quant funds were slouching toward gigantism , plowing cash into the sector.
2 Still, the bomb was an excellent example of the Russian penchant for gigantism .
3 Temporal and latitudinal shifts of Palaeozoicmarine invertebrate gigantism and global change.
4 The gigantism of the current department has not made America safer.
5 But when and where did gigantism among dinosaurs first evolve?
1 Most cases of giantism , combined as they are with imperfect mentality, are due to disease of this gland.
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