hyperthickening

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noun

Excessive thickening

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Meanings

nounhyperthickening (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcessive 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

From hyper- + thickening.

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