Definition of Oversecretion

1. Noun. Excessive secretion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oversecretion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversecretion

overscrupulousness
oversea
oversearch
oversearched
oversearches
oversearching
overseas
overseas Chinese
overseas cap
overseas telegram
overseas territory
overseason
overseasoned
overseasoning
overseasons
oversecretion (current term)
oversecretions
oversedate
oversedated
oversedates
oversedating
oversedation
oversedations
oversee
overseeable
overseed
overseeded
overseeding
overseeds
overseeing

Literary usage of Oversecretion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Therapeutic Gazette (1916)
"The diet must be considered from the standpoint of the gastric secretion; there may exist, on the one hand, the condition of oversecretion of acid, ..."

2. Dietetics for nurses by Julius Friedenwald (1913)
"The diet must be considered from the standpoint of the gastric secretion ; there may exist, on the one hand, the condition of oversecretion of acid; ..."

3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1899)
"... for the relief of oversecretion as well as other functional nervous troubles. Six grammes of the phosphate of lime, taken while fasting, in the morning, ..."

4. A System of Physiologic Therapeutics: A Practical Exposition of the Methods by Solomon Solis-Cohen (1905)
"If the thyroid, which has normally been over- secreting once a month, ceases its periodic oversecretion synchronously with the abolition of ovulation, ..."

5. Medical Diagnosis for the Student and Practitioner by Charles Lyman Greene (1917)
"As in the case of all serous or mucous surfaces, primary checking of secretion is followed by reactive oversecretion to a degree dependent upon the ..."

6. A Compend of the Diseases of the Eye and Refraction: Including Treatment and by George Milbry Gould, Walter Lytle Pyle (1914)
"However, we must remember that in oversecretion the tears will run over the cheeks. Thus, on a windy day or in emotional weeping, there is not only extra ..."

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