overgeneration

English

Etymology

From over- +‎ generation.

Noun

overgeneration (uncountable)

1. The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
   • 2015 August 19, Hongshan Ge et al., “Effects of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Inhibition by Genipin in Human Cumulus Cells”, in BioMed Research International‎, volume 2015, →DOI:

     A previous study suggested that overgeneration of ROS, caused by mitochondria dysfunction or depletion of enzymatic antioxidant system, could inhibit steroidogenic enzymes activity in MGCs and CCs.

2. (linguistics) The act of overgenerating.