overgeneration
English
editEtymology
editFrom over- + generation.
Noun
editovergeneration (uncountable)
- The generation of too much or too many of something; overproduction.
- 2015 August 19, Hongshan Ge et al., “Effects of Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein 2 Inhibition by Genipin in Human Cumulus Cells”, in BioMed Research International[1], volume 2015, :
- A previous study suggested that overgeneration of ROS, caused by mitochondria dysfunction or depletion of enzymatic antioxidant system, could inhibit steroidogenic enzymes activity in MGCs and CCs.
- (linguistics) The act of overgenerating.