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Hypersecretion

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Hy`per`se`cre´tion
n.1.(Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.
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Noun1.hypersecretion - excessive secretion
secernment, secretion - the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance


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To the pathologist, asthma is characterized by airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion.
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