Meaning of OVERGROWTH
Pronunciation: | | 'owvur`growth
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WordNet Dictionary |
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- [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
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| Synonyms: | | giantism, gigantism |
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| See Also: | | cornucopia, hyperpituitarism, hypertrophy, profuseness, profusion, richness | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \O"ver*growth`\, n.
Excessive growth.
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| Related Terms: | | 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 |
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