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hyperthickening

hyperthickening noun: excessive thickening.

Noun

hyperthickening (uncountable)

  1. Excessive thickening
    • The choroid is characterized by Dilated and Attenuated (DA) type (arrowheads), choroidal vascular dilation, and choroidal hyperthickening.2016 January 15, “Morphologic Characteristics of Choroid in the Major Choroidal Thickening Diseases, Studied by Optical Coherence Tomography”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of hyperthickening

From hyper- + thickening.

Questions about hyperthickening

What does hyperthickening mean?
Hyperthickening means excessive thickening.
What part of speech is hyperthickening?
Hyperthickening is a noun.

Words near hyperthickening in the dictionary

  1. hyperthesis
  2. hyperthetic
  3. hyperthetical
  4. hyperthick
  5. hyperthickened
  6. hyperthickening
  7. hyperthreaded
  8. hyperthreading
  9. hyperthrombinaemia
  10. hyperthrombinemia
  11. hyperthrombocytemia

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