Category: O

Easily seen with the naked eye. Plainly to be seen or detected: applied to diseases with observable signs and symptoms, as opposed to those whose presence may not be suspected for years despite the fact that they cause insidious damage. An infectious disease becomes overt only at the end of an incubation period. Easily observable;…

The act of producing too much of something. Excessive output of an organic element during the reparative process, as in excessive callus development after a bone fracture.  

To issue too many prescriptions for something.  

To lie partly on top of another. Something that covers the tissue or object but also extends past the border.  

To grow over another tissue.  

A leakage of urine because the bladder is too full. Incontinence characterized by small frequent voidings due to leakage of small amounts of urine spilling from an overfilled bladder, or to a bladder with pathologically decreased volume. Overflow urinary incontinence pertains to the leakage of urine from the bladder, while overflow fecal incontinence involves the…

Doing too much physical work or taking too much exercise.  

Eating too much food. An eating disorder characterized by the frequent eating of much larger quantities of food than needed to simply satisfy hunger.  

A dose of a drug which is larger than the recommended or usual dose. Taking more of a drug than what is normally safe to take. An excessive and potentially toxic amount of a medication, given in error or taken intentionally (e.g., by patients making suicide gestures or suicide attempts). The taking of too much…