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hypersecretory

hypersecretory adjective: involving excessive secretion.

Adjective

hypersecretory (comparative more hypersecretory, superlative most hypersecretory)

  1. Involving excessive secretion
    • Mucins are produced in low levels in health but they are over produced in a number of hypersecretory disorders in which they can directly contribute to the pathogenesis and prognosis of disease.2015 September 29, “Excess Secretion of Gel-Forming Mucins and Associated Innate Defense Proteins with Defective Mucin Un-Packaging Underpin Gallbladder Mucocele Formation in Dogs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of hypersecretory

comparativemore hypersecretory
superlativemost hypersecretory

Origin of hypersecretory

From hyper- + secretory.

Questions about hypersecretory

What does hypersecretory mean?
Hypersecretory means involving excessive secretion.
What part of speech is hypersecretory?
Hypersecretory is an adjective.

Words near hypersecretory in the dictionary

  1. hypersecretion
  2. hypersecretions
  3. hypersecretive
  4. hypersecretor
  5. hypersecretors
  6. hypersecretory
  7. hypersection
  8. hypersections
  9. hypersegmentation
  10. hypersegmented
  11. hypersegregated

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