overactive
Americanadjective
adjective
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inordinately active
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(of the thyroid or adrenal gland, nervous system, etc) functioning at too high a capacity
Other Word Forms
- overactiveness noun
- overactivity noun
Etymology
Origin of overactive
Example Sentences
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Researchers are probing the pill’s efficacy in patients with Type 2 inflammatory diseases, which are triggered by an overactive immune response.
From Barron's
The company launched a new product for overactive bladder called Altaviva.
From Barron's
“I have a prescription for an overactive bladder.”
She credits what her father jokes is “an overactive sense of justice” to her grandparents, who ran a corner store in Santa Ana in the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times
Instead, he said that the unusual incident may have been due to the bee colony becoming too large for its beehive and becoming "overactive" when the beekeeper handled it.
From BBC
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