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hyperfunction

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[hahy-per-fuhngk-shuhn] / ˌhaɪ pərˈfʌŋk ʃən /

noun

Pathology.

  1. abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.

Etymology

Origin of hyperfunction

First recorded in 1905–10; hyper- + function

Example Sentences

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In general, the major endocrines, the pituitary, the adrenals, and the thyroid should hypertrophy and hyperfunction during pregnancy.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

In them is an increased activity of the posterior lobe in association with enlargement and hyperfunction of the anterior, overgrowth is not so marked, and the individual is lean and mentally acute.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

In the days of pituitary and thyroid hyperfunction we may be sure she would have been caustically and penetratingly ironical.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.

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