overgeneration
English
Etymology
over- + generation
Noun
overgeneration (uncountable)
- The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
- 2015 August 19, Hongshan Ge et al., “Effects of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Inhibition by Genipin in Human Cumulus Cells”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, DOI: :
- A previous study suggested that overgeneration of ROS, caused by mitochondria dysfunction or depletion of enzymatic antioxidant system, could inhibit steroidogenic enzymes activity in MGCs and CCs.
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- (linguistics) The situation where a language user makes excessive use of a word, phrase, or structure.