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

The company launched a new product for overactive bladder called Altaviva.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

“I have a prescription for an overactive bladder.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

HLH is an immune deficiency disorder which happens when certain types of white blood cells, known as histiocytes and lymphocytes, become overactive and attack the body.

From BBC • Feb. 1, 2025

"And why were you wasting precious time listening to an overaged delivery boy with an overactive imagination when you should have been studying."

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin