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Word History and Origins
Origin of overgrowth1
Example Sentences
One theory is that PTSD develops as a result of an overgrowth of synaptic connections in the amygdala, the part of the brain that acquires and stores fear memories, after intense or repeated exposure to a frightening stimulus.
The specific carbohydrate diet, which is a grain-free elimination diet, is based on the idea that consuming certain complex carbs feeds unhealthy bacteria, causing an overgrowth of these “bad” bacteria in the small intestine.
This overgrowth of algae can make water unsafe plants and animals.
Although it generally matched the size of a human heart, the team wanted to prevent the pig organ from overgrowth inside Bennett’s chest once it was transplanted—something they previously noticed happened in baboons.
The full recovery of a species means it’s playing its natural role in the ecosystem — be it eating plants, and preventing overgrowth, or spreading seeds — across its native range.
The modest violet may exhale its fragrance through an overgrowth of noxious weeds—and humanity bears out the simile.
Just what causes this overgrowth of connective tissue is not clear.
It is the overgrowth of these qualities, to the detriment of the artistic element, that mars her later works.
Lightning on peaks which were like polished jet—bare rock above, the lush overgrowth of jungle below.
The nucleus of Biarritz is old, but that is out of sight in the modern overgrowth; Biarritz, as it is, is of this half century.
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