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  • noun Excessive hydration.

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over- +‎ hydration

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Examples

  • Anyone suckered into the “drink N glasses of water every day” myth, who also tries to cut all salt out of their diet because they think salt’s unhealthy, is in danger of overhydration, which is in fact a deficit of salt.

    The anti Supersize Me movie from the horse’s mouth. | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2006

  • But don't believe everything you see on the Internet: She turned out to be a psycho who murdered cheating military men via unwittingly self-induced overhydration.

    Cheers & Jeers: NCIS — Touched by an Angel 2011

  • Over the years as more folks ran marathons, adequate hydration was first emphasized and then perhaps overemphasized and now overhydration seems to be a major factor in causing runner's hyponatremia. endurance event participants is a more accurate term as it is not running per se that is necessary to bring this on.

    More on marathoner's hyponatremia james gaulte 2007

  • Over the years as more folks ran marathons, adequate hydration was first emphasized and then perhaps overemphasized and now overhydration seems to be a major factor in causing runner's hyponatremia. endurance event participants is a more accurate term as it is not running per se that is necessary to bring this on.

    Archive 2007-05-01 james gaulte 2007

  • They say, first of all, underhydrate, dehydration is much more common than overhydration.

    CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006 2006

  • However, there have been problems, or a recognition of problems more recently, that overhydration is also a problem.

    CNN Transcript Jul 25, 2006 2006

  • Study author Jim Winger says when exercise-associated hyponatremia was first identified in 1985, dissenting voices had argued the problem was due to dehydration, not overhydration.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WENCY LEUNG 2011

  • Study author Jim Winger says when exercise-associated hyponatremia was first identified in 1985, dissenting voices had argued the problem was due to dehydration, not overhydration.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WENCY LEUNG 2011

  • Cramping and bloating, not to mention the uncomfortable and immediate need to use the bathroom, can result from overhydration.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

  • However, overhydration can have the same effects as too little water.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories 2010

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