hyperproduction

noun

variants or hyper-production
: excessive production, synthesis, or creation
Systemic scleroderma, for example, a disease of the connective tissue that results in hyperproduction of collagen, can sometimes wreak unstoppable havoc on the body's organs, hardening them into woodlike uselessness.Natalie Angier
hyperproducer noun
or hyper-producer
plural hyperproducers or hyper-producers
a bacterial hyperproducer of erythromycin

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hyperproduction was in 1866

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“Hyperproduction.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hyperproduction. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

Medical Definition

hyperproduction

noun
: excessive production or synthesis
Systemic scleroderma, for example, a disease of the connective tissue that results in hyperproduction of collagen, can sometimes wreak unstoppable havoc on the body's organs, hardening them into woodlike uselessness.Natalie Angier, The New York Times
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