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OVERACTIVITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does overactivity mean? 

OVERACTIVITY (noun)
  The noun OVERACTIVITY has 1 sense:

1. excessive activityplay

  Familiarity information: OVERACTIVITY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OVERACTIVITY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive activity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Context example:

overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily

Hypernyms ("overactivity" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Derivation:

overactive (more active than normal)


 Context examples 


Overactivity of the thyroid gland resulting in overproduction of thyroid hormone and increased metabolic rate.

(Hyperthyroidism, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by CONFUSION; inattentiveness; disorientation; ILLUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; agitation; and in some instances autonomic nervous system overactivity.

(Delirium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 21 Item (HAMD-21) Anxiety somatic; physiological concomitants of anxiety, (i.e., effects of autonomic overactivity, 'butterflies,' indigestion, stomach cramps, belching, diarrhea, palpitations, hyperventilation, paresthesia, sweating, flushing, tremor, headache, urinary frequency).

(HAMD-21 - Anxiety Somatic, NCI Thesaurus)



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