secretion
noun
(in a cell or gland) the act or process of separating, elaborating, and releasing a substance that fulfills some function within the organism or undergoes excretion.
oversecretion
-
a word derived from
secretion.
Example Sentences
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It is most extreme when the oversecretion of the hormone starts before puberty, when bones can still grow.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
In this way the tubes become choked and obstructed with the oversecretion or by swelling.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
Also a train of symptoms similar to those evoked by an oversecretion of the thyroid may be mobilized by the taking of too much iodine.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
Normal secretion, oversecretion or undersecretion are thus adjusted, but leave a train of after effects.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
That some poison, probably an oversecretion of the thymus, is responsible is shown by the relief obtainable by X-ray shrinkage of the gland, or the surgical removal of a part of it.
From The Glands Regulating Personality by Louis Berman M.D.
