Home › Words › H › hyperthickeninghyperthickeninghyperthickening means excessive thickening.EtymologyFrom hyper- + thickening.nounExcessive thickeninge.g.“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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hyperthick 75% match — Very much more than usually thick vs hyperthickening →hyperfibrosis 67% match — The formation of excessive fibrous connective tissue in an organ vs hyperthickening →hyperossification 66% match — Excessive ossification vs hyperthickening →acrohyperkeratosis 66% match — The thickening of the horny layer of the skin. vs hyperthickening →pachyderma 66% match — Abnormal thickening of the skin. vs hyperthickening →hyperelastosis 66% match — Excessive elasticity. vs hyperthickening →hyperparakeratosis 65% match — Excessive parakeratosis vs hyperthickening →hypertrophous 65% match — Hypertrophic. vs hyperthickening →