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Definition: Overactivity |
OveractivityNoun1. Excessive activity; "overactivity of the sebaceous glands causes the skin to become oily". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: Overactivity |
| English words defined with "overactivity": hyperpituitarism ♦ seborrhea. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "overactivity": Ventral Tegmental Area. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The pituitary gland becomes overactive in about one of four persons with MEN1. This overactivity can usually be traced to a very small, benign tumor in the gland that releases too much prolactin, called a prolactinoma. (references) | |
In laboratory animals, MPTP-induced reduction of dopamine results in overactivity of nerve cells in a region of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus, producing tremors and rigidity and suggesting that these symptoms may be related to excessive activity in this region. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Overactivity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Overactivity" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "overactivity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | hyperaktivitet (hyperactivity, psychomotor overactivity), anankastisk beskæftigelsestrang (compelling urge of overactivity). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | obsession d'occupation (compelling urge of overactivity), suractivité (psychomotor overactivity). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | Beschaeftigungszwang (compelling urge of overactivity), Überaktivität (psychomotor overactivity). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | εξαναγκασμός σε υπερβολική εργασία (compelling urge of overactivity). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | iperprassia (psychomotor overactivity). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | overactivityay гіперфункція, підвищена діяльність. (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-o-r-t-t-v-v-y" | |
-2 letters: creativity, reactivity, recitativo. | |
-3 letters: vorticity. | |
-4 letters: activity, atrocity, citatory, rotative, tractive, veracity, victoria, vitiator, vivacity, vocative, voracity. | |
-5 letters: cattery, cattier, cavetti, cavetto, citator, citrate, cottier, erotica, evictor, overact, ricotta, variety, viceroy, victory, vitiate. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 76 65 72 61 63 74 69 76 69 74 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101001 01110110 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r a c t i v i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0061 0063 0074 0069 0076 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)498871846769867588758691 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, danese, датський, датська мова |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francese, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | tysker, allemand, "ερμανός, tedesco, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, greco, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, italiano, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ucraino, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, inglese, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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