hypersecretory

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ secretory.

Adjective

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, →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.

Related terms

• hypersecretor