verb
- to secrete or produce (a substance) in excessive amounts
Usage: medical/biological context; transitive verb
Examples
- The patient's thyroid was found to oversecrete hormones, causing hyperthyroidism.
- When the pancreas oversecretes insulin, blood sugar levels can drop dangerously low.
- Certain tumors can cause cells to oversecrete mucus.
- The adrenal glands may oversecrete cortisol in response to chronic stress.
- Oversecreting sweat glands can lead to excessive perspiration.