overactive

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The disease develops when repeated or long-term liver damage -- caused by viral hepatitis, excessive alcohol use, metabolic disorders, toxins, or autoimmune disease -- triggers an overactive healing response.

From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026

Axonics makes an implantable device that treats bowel and bladder conditions, such as overactive bladder.

From Barron's • Oct. 30, 2025

“I have a prescription for an overactive bladder.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Moriarty, 30, revealed to her Instagram followers on Friday that she was diagnosed last month with Graves’ disease, an autoimmune disorder in which the thyroid becomes overactive.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2025

It might be my overactive imagination, but Ren’s smile seems tighter than everyone else’s, his happiness for me strained.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu