Meanings
nounoverhealing (uncountable)
- uncountableThe production of excessive tissue during the healing of a wound
However, the exact roles and underlying molecular mechanisms for the above two pathways related to wound repair are not completely clear, which undoubtedly block the exploration of the ultimate solution to both underhealing and overhealing.
2015 June 16, Yan Shi et al., “Wnt and Notch signaling pathway involved in wound healing by targeting c-Myc and Hes1 separately”, in Stem Cell Research & Therapy, volume 6, →DOI
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