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How to pronounce overgrowth in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms giantism, gigantism
Type of hypertrophy
Type Words
Type of cornucopia, profuseness, profusion, richness

Examples of overgrowth

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One thought is that poor dental hygiene leads to an overgrowth of oral bacteria.
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As a result, there may be an overgrowth of bacteria and yeast in your dog's ears.
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Overgrowth of the plant is sometimes an indicator of overgrazing on rangeland.
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Oxidative stress induces overgrowth of the Drosophila neuromuscular junction.
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It never ceases to amaze me how many ailments are caused by yeast overgrowth.
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He suggested to the neighborhood boys that they should clear the overgrowth.
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In contrast, two studies of forests in tropical Africa did not detect vine overgrowth.
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We are not sure your physical symptoms are coming from a yeast overgrowth.
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The overgrowth is a safe distance from the park, but it grows right up to some homes.
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More examples
  • Giantism: excessive size; usually caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone from the pituitary gland
  • A profusion of growth on or over something else
  • Overgrowth is an upcoming video game from Wolfire Games. The game was announced on September 17, 2008. for all three major computer platforms: Mac OS X, Windows and Linux.
  • Cement that is in optical continuity with the detrital grain on which it nucleated; the most common morphology for authigenic quartz; also observed for cements nucleated on echinoderm fragments.
  • Secondary inorganic growth of calcite on elements.
  • A crystal that has been precipitated on a pre-existing crystal. As commonly used, almost all overgrowths are syntaxial.
  • Secondary material precipitated around a crystal grain of the same composition. Both grain and cement are in optical and crystallographic continuity.
  • (Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome, Sotos syndrome, Weaver syndrome)