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growth
(redirected from compensatory growth)

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growth
1. Biology the process or act of growing, esp in organisms following assimilation of food
2. Pathology any abnormal tissue, such as a tumour

Growth
acorn
used to symbolize the beginning of growth. [Pop. Culture: Misc.]
mustard seed
kingdom of Heaven thus likened; for phenomenal development. [N.T.: Matthew 13:31–32]


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studied this compensatory growth in two different genetically engineered animal models of insulin resistance called IR/IRS-1 mice and LIRKO mice.
Typically, after a stroke on one side of the brain, nerve cells in unaffected areas, including those on the undamaged side of the brain, show a small amount of compensatory growth.
 
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