overdevelopment

o·ver·de·vel·op

(ō′vər-dĭ-vĕl′əp)

tr.v. o·ver·de·vel·oped, o·ver·de·vel·op·ing, o·ver·de·vel·ops

1. To develop to excess: muscles that were overdeveloped by weightlifting.

2. To process (a photographic plate or film) too long or in too concentrated a solution.

o′ver·de·vel′op·ment n.

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Translations

overdevelopment

[ˌəʊvədɪˈveləpmənt] N → superdesarrollo m

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