oversecretion
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oversecretion (countable and uncountable, plural oversecretions)
- Excessive secretion.
- 2008 January 9, Anna Katherine Clemmons, “7 Feet 7 and 360 Pounds, With Bigger Feet Than Shaq’s”, in New York Times[1]:
- Gigantism or acromegaly — in which a tumor on the pituitary gland causes an oversecretion of growth hormone — may be the cause of his condition.