What's the difference between overgrowth and undergrowth?

Overgrowth


Definition:

  • (n.) Excessive growth.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Rapid overgrowth of all cultures with the E. coli necessitated the use of selective media containing antimicrobial agents to which the E. coli was sensitive.
  • (2) Tissue overgrowth (pannus) was seen in all but three prostheses.
  • (3) Susceptible rat strains develop hepatobiliary injury following the surgical creation of self-filling blind loops that cause small bowel bacterial overgrowth.
  • (4) We conclude that in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, the use of a prophylactic agent against stress-ulcer bleeding that preserves the natural gastric acid barrier against bacterial overgrowth may be preferable to antacids and H2 blockers.
  • (5) An overgrowth of bacteria was observed over the entire surface of the clips.
  • (6) The previous demonstration that sperm kept at body temperature (37 degrees C) had a marked deterioration in motility accompanied by an overgrowth of bacteria in the semen and a concomitant decrease in pH led to this study to test the hypothesis that the decrease in motility was caused by the bacteria or by bacterial alteration of seminal pH.
  • (7) Pathologic examination revealed no endometriosis, but examination of the distal appendix showed structural disorganization of its entire wall, with lack of proper differentiation of its normal coats and irregular overgrowth of fibroadipose, fibromuscular, and neural elements.
  • (8) Mutations of the lethal(1)discs large-1 (dlg) tumor suppressor gene of Drosophila cause neoplastic overgrowth of the imaginal discs.
  • (9) The microbial overgrowth syndrome of the small bowel (MOS) is characterized by clinically found symptoms of increased metabolic activities of microorganisms existing in a great number in the intestinal juice of these patients.
  • (10) "Neural overgrowth" and disturbed "recanalization process" are discussed in relation to the pathogenesis of myelomeningocele.
  • (11) Fifteen children who fulfilled the criteria of chronic non-specific diarrhea of infancy were evaluated for intestinal bacterial overgrowth.
  • (12) If not enough styloid is excised, osteophytic overgrowth will occur; if too much is excised, the carpus will sublux radially.
  • (13) Overgrowth of cartilage by inflamed synovium was seen within 3-6 days of induction of arthritis and by day 12 the interface between these two tissues was largely indistinguishable.
  • (14) This study shows the efficacy of both quinolones in eradicating gram-negative bacilli in the alimentary tract of bone marrow transplant patients; however, the finding of the overgrowth of resistant gram-positive organisms during treatment with these agents deserves further evaluation.
  • (15) With regular feeding, these cultures can be maintained for at least 3 weeks with no overgrowth by mononucleate cells, and with far less degeneration than with insulin as the only supplement.
  • (16) The inhibition, during the late phase, is mainly related to an overgrowth of the enteric bacteria.
  • (17) The establishment of myeloschisis was followed by local separation of the notochord from an open area of neural tube, but not by overgrowth of neural tissue.
  • (18) Complex combined vascular malformations with limb overgrowth need careful investigations to clearly define the vascular component and the management.
  • (19) One mode involves focal overgrowth of membrane bones, producing multiple hyperostoses which result in progressive craniofacial disfigurement and asymmetry.
  • (20) The progressive valgus deformity might have been caused by stimulation of overgrowth of the medial tibial metaphysis.

Undergrowth


Definition:

  • (n.) That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Three patients in each of the families had an undergrowth of the left side of the body when compared with the normal right side.
  • (2) quinquefasciatus rafts were found in a wooded area (32.4%) with a dense undergrowth than in a more open area (67.6%), but Cx.
  • (3) So I decided to literally track him down, the same way I would track an animal: from muddy footprints, to wet footprints, reading any clue I could in the undergrowth.
  • (4) It’s after that notice something missing in the rainforest-like landscape: undergrowth.
  • (5) As a result, they presented such symptoms as abnormality in the vane of remiges, undergrowth, anemia, and leg paralysis.
  • (6) A small hollow will suddenly open up in the undergrowth to reveal a huddle of a dozen Afghans – often waiting till nightfall before making for Hungary.
  • (7) The five-day hearing has fought its way through the dense undergrowth of overlapping clauses and subsections of Ripa.
  • (8) At first, the muscle forms a two-dimensional network which ultimately detaches from the Saran membrane allowing an undergrowth of fibroblasts so that these connective tissue cells completely surround groups of muscle fibers.
  • (9) The way he used the undergrowths to suit himself – things being soaked in water and so on – was a way of looking at nature that no one had really done before."
  • (10) In a rainforest the seeds fall off the trees and new plants grow and, as long as humans aren’t trampling all over it, there is a green, leafy undergrowth around the taller trees.
  • (11) He was so pleased with his attack on the BBC here that a few months later he decided to sink his teeth into another of those sinister forces that lurks in the undergrowth of our national life.
  • (12) While occasionally a sound was heard when the snails landed, most snails had soft landings in the undergrowth and long grass of the wasteland [into which they were thrown]."
  • (13) These digits, with growth, display several complications such as enlargement, deviation, angulation, loss of motion, and undergrowth.
  • (14) In person he's quite offhand, an odd mixture of shy and intensely self-assured, and with his stocky build and salt-and-pepper beard he conveys the impression of a very clever badger, burrowing away in the undergrowth of economic detail, ready to give quite a sharp bite if you get in his way.
  • (15) Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former marine who works at the US air force’s Kadena airbase, told police he had strangled Rina Shimabukuro, a 20-year-old woman whose body was found in undergrowth on Thursday, according to Kyodo news.
  • (16) Lumbering out from their daytime retreat in the thick undergrowth, with a heavy grace that can only come with weighing upwards of 100kg, a female is wooed by two younger members of the group, cheerfully at first.
  • (17) In spite of the obvious biological differences between the avian embryo and the human fetus, the present evidence supports the hypothesis that prenatal interruption of the amniotic fluid transit contributes to fetal undergrowth in IA.
  • (18) From pumps dripping oil and huge ponds of black sludge to dying trees and undergrowth — a likely sign of an underground pipeline leak — these spills are relatively small and rarely garner media attention.
  • (19) Miliband will return to his first critique of the industry, aided by Gregg McClymont, his astute pensions shadow minister, who has relentlessly dogged Steve Webb through the labyrinthine pensions undergrowth.
  • (20) Well, almost: there is still a rusting section of railway stretching through the undergrowth, leading nowhere.

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