over·growth
n 1 a : excessive growth or increase in numbers <an of bacteria … may achieve pathogenic proportions -Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.> b : HYPERTROPHY, HYPERPLASIA 2 : something (as cells or tissue) grown over something else .
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