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HYPERTROPHY, excessive growth of a part
- hypertrophiesHYPERTROPHY, excessive growth of a part
- hypertrophyexcessive growth of a part / to grow to abnormal size
- eutrophicationExcessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen
- keratosisexcessive growth of horny tissue of skin
- keratosesKERATOSIS, excessive growth of horny tissue of skin
- keratoticrelating to keratosis, excessive growth of horny tissue of skin also KERATOSIC
- pleromepart of a plant responsible for growth
- pleromesPLEROME, part of a plant responsible for growth
- tumoraluncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells in a part of the body
- tumorsuncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells in a part of the body
- tumoruncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells in a part of the body
- allometrythe study of growth of a part of an organism in relation to the whole
- allometriesALLOMETRY, the study of growth of a part of an organism in relation to the whole
- budding(of a part of the body) Becoming larger as part of the process of normal growth
- primitive(of a part or structure) In the first or early stage of formation or growth; rudimentary
- apoptosisThe death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development
- allometricrelating to allometry, the study of growth of a part of an organism in relation to the whole
- neoplasmsA new and abnormal growth of tissue in some part of the body, esp. as a characteristic of cancer
- tumoursA swelling of a part of the body, generally without inflammation, caused by an abnormal growth of tissue, whether benign or malignant
- graftagethe art or practice of inserting a part of one plant into another plant in such a way that the two will unite and continue their growth
- fractalsA curve or geometric figure, each part of which has the same statistical character as the whole. Fractals are useful in modeling structures (such as eroded coastlines or snowflakes) in which similar patterns recur at progressively smaller scales, and in describing partly random or chaotic phenomena such as crystal growth, fluid turbulence, and galaxy formation