overactive

  • 1overactive — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ excessively active. DERIVATIVES overactivity noun …

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  • 2overactive — [spelling only] …

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  • 3overactive — 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… …

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  • 4overactive — adjective Date: 1647 excessively or abnormally active < overactive glands > < an overactive imagination > • overactivity noun …

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  • 5overactive — over·ac·tive .ō və rak tiv adj excessively or abnormally active &LT;an overactive mind&GT; &LT;overactive glands&GT; over·ac·tiv·i·ty .rak tiv ət ē n, pl ties …

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  • 6overactive — 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

  • 7overactive — 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 …

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  • 8overactive — 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 …

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  • 9overactive — adj. Overactive is used with these nouns: ↑imagination …

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  • 10Overactive 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&#8230; …

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