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hyperflow

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English

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Etymology

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From hyper- +‎ flow.

Noun

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hyperflow (countable and uncountable, plural hyperflows)

  1. A greater than normal flow
    • 2016 February 26, “Chronic Nicotine Exposure Abolishes Maternal Systemic and Renal Adaptations to Pregnancy in Rats”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      The pregnancy-associated vasodilation, glomerular hyperflow, and hyperfiltration are substantially determined by relaxin, which is the vasodilator hormone secreted by the corpus luteum during pregnancy.