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Overgrowth

Excessive growth.

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Cornucopia 76% connected

The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

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Hypertrophy 76% connected

A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy.

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Profuseness 76% connected

Extravagance; profusion.

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Profusion 76% connected

The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.

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Richness 76% connected

The quality or state of being rich (in any sense of the adjective).

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Amyloid noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue

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Bleb noun · 78% connection

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

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Blister noun · 78% connection

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

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Bulla noun · 78% connection

(pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

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Clostridial myonecrosis noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Cold gangrene noun · 78% connection

(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a da…

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Dry gangrene noun · 78% connection

(pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a da…

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Emphysematous gangrene noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Emphysematous phlegmon noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Excrescence noun · 78% connection

(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body

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Gangrenous emphysema noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Gas gangrene noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Gas phlegmon noun · 78% connection

(pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used…

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Growth noun · 78% connection

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

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Inactive adjective · 78% connection

(pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly

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Incubation noun · 78% connection

(pathology) the phase in the development of an infection between the time a pathogen enters the body and the time the first symptoms a…

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Insufficiency noun · 78% connection

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

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Invasion noun · 78% connection

(pathology) the spread of pathogenic microorganisms or malignant cells to new sites in the body; "the tumor's invasion of surrounding…

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

The act of increasing by natural growth; esp. the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.

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Acetonuria noun · 78% connection

excessive amounts of ketone bodies in the urine as in diabetes mellitus or starvation

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Allopurinol noun · 78% connection

a drug (trade name Zyloprim) used to treat gout and other conditions in which there is an excessive buildup of uric acid

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Ammoniuria noun · 78% connection

excessive ammonia in the urine

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Cancer noun · 78% connection

Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so…

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Culminate adjective · 78% connection

Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.

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Debauchery noun · 78% connection

Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.

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Economic growth noun · 78% connection

steady growth in the productive capacity of the economy (and so a growth of national income)

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Eutrophication noun · 78% connection

excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…

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Grandiloquence noun · 78% connection

high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

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Grandiosity noun · 78% connection

high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

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Haemoglobinemia noun · 78% connection

presence of excessive hemoglobin in the blood plasma

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