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exuberant

 [eg-zu´ber-ant]
copious or excessive in production; showing excessive proliferation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

ex·u·ber·ant

(ek-zū'bĕr-ănt),
Denoting excessive proliferation or growth, as of a tissue or granulation.
[L. exubero, to abound, be abundant]
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ex·u·ber·ant

(eg-zū'bĕr-ănt)
Denoting excessive proliferation or growth, as of granulation tissue.
[L. exubero, to abound, be abundant]
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