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HYPERSECRETION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hypersecretion mean? 

HYPERSECRETION (noun)
  The noun HYPERSECRETION has 1 sense:

1. excessive secretionplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


HYPERSECRETION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Excessive secretion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

secernment; secretion (the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance)


 Context examples 


According to the presence or absence of clinical syndromes that result from hormone hypersecretion, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors are classified either as functional or nonfunctional.

(Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Disorders of the anterior or posterior pituitary gland which usually manifest as hypersecretion or hyposecretion of pituitary hormones.

(Pituitary Gland Disorder, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A minority of patients develop lipase hypersecretion syndrome.

(Pancreatic Acinar Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

In functional tumors, the hypersecretion of catecholamines results in hypertension.

(Intrathoracic Paravertebral Paraganglioma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of a clinical syndrome that results from hormone hypersecretion.

(Functional Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Defects in the gene are a cause of dwarfism, while hypersecretion of the encoded protein is a cause of gigantism.

(Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)



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