overactive

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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 — over·ac·tive .ō və rak tiv adj excessively or abnormally active <an overactive mind> <overactive glands> over·ac·tiv·i·ty .rak tiv ət ē n, pl ties …   Medical 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