overactive
adjective
over·ac·tive
ˌō-vər-ˈak-tiv 
: excessively or abnormally active
overactive glands
an overactive imagination
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Examples of overactive in a Sentence
She has an overactive bladder.
His crazy ideas are products of an overactive imagination.
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The company also will use the funding to advance its pipeline of treatments for other conditions such as overactive bladder, autism and inflammatory skin disorder.
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Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
And not everyone with overactive bladder syndrome has an overactive detrusor muscle, prompting some scientists to ask if the problem for some patients lies elsewhere in the body, such as inside the brain.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Starting in 2002, the two distinct political Islamist movements joined forces to lead Turkey politically, populate its bureaucracy, and subjugate the overactive military to civilian control.
—John Butler, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2016
Coupling this breath work with mental exercises, such as meditation, visualization, and paying extra attention to our senses, can be an effective way to put a dampener on an overactive nervous system.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
And not everyone with overactive bladder syndrome has an overactive detrusor muscle, prompting some scientists to ask if the problem for some patients lies elsewhere in the body, such as inside the brain.
—Emily Underwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2024
Starting in 2002, the two distinct political Islamist movements joined forces to lead Turkey politically, populate its bureaucracy, and subjugate the overactive military to civilian control.
—John Butler, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2016
Coupling this breath work with mental exercises, such as meditation, visualization, and paying extra attention to our senses, can be an effective way to put a dampener on an overactive nervous system.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2024
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overactive
adjective
over·ac·tive
ˌō-və-ˈrak-tiv
: very active and especially abnormally so
an overactive thyroid
Medical Definition
overactive
adjective
over·ac·tive
ˌō-və-ˈrak-tiv
: excessively or abnormally active
an overactive mind
overactive glands
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