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Hypersecretory

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hy·per·se·cre·to·ry (hpr-s-krt-r)
adj.
Of or relating to excessive production of a bodily secretion.

hyper·se·crete v.
hyper·se·cretion n.

Hypersecretory
Excessive production of a bodily secretion. The most common hypersecretory syndrome of the stomach is Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome, a syndrome consisting of fulminating intractable peptic ulcers, gastric hypersecretion and hyperacidity, and the occurrence of gastrinomas of the pancreatic cells of the islets of Langerhans.


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