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overactive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively active. DERIVATIVES overactivity noun … English terms dictionary
overactive — [spelling only] … English World dictionary
overactive — adjective too active, in a way that produces a bad result: Paul s illness was due to an overactive thyroid. | have an overactive imagination (=tend to imagine things that are untrue): The rumor is probably just the result of someone s overactive… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
overactive — adjective Date: 1647 excessively or abnormally active < overactive glands > < an overactive imagination > • overactivity noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
overactive — o|ver|ac|tive [ˌəuvərˈæktıv US ˌouv ] adj too active, in a way that produces a bad result ≠ underactive ▪ an overactive thyroid gland ▪ Such fears are nothing more than the product of an overactive imagination … Dictionary of contemporary English
overactive — o|ver|ac|tive [ ,ouvər æktıv ] adjective 1. ) causing harm by being too active: an overactive gene 2. ) if you have an overactive imagination, you tend to imagine things that are not true … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
overactive — UK [ˌəʊvərˈæktɪv] / US [ˌoʊvərˈæktɪv] adjective 1) causing harm by being too active an overactive gene 2) if you have an overactive imagination, you tend to imagine things that are not true … English dictionary
overactive — adj. Overactive is used with these nouns: ↑imagination … Collocations dictionary
Overactive bladder — ICD 10 N32.8 ICD 9 596.51 Overactive bladder (OAB) is a urological condition defined by a set of symptoms: urgency, with or without urge incontinence, usually with frequency and nocturia. Frequency is usually defined as urinating more than 8… … Wikipedia
Overactive let-down — (OALD) is the forceful ejection of milk from the breast during breastfeeding. In some women it occurs only with the first let down in a feeding, occasionally women may have multiple strong letdowns during a feeding. OALD can make breastfeeding… … Wikipedia
