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Etymology edit

hyper- +‎ secretory

Adjective edit

hypersecretory (comparative more hypersecretory, superlative most hypersecretory)

  1. Involving excessive secretion
    • 2015 September 29, “Excess Secretion of Gel-Forming Mucins and Associated Innate Defense Proteins with Defective Mucin Un-Packaging Underpin Gallbladder Mucocele Formation in Dogs”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Mucins are produced in low levels in health but they are over produced in a number of hypersecretory disorders in which they can directly contribute to the pathogenesis and prognosis of disease.

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