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o·ver·hy·drate

 (ō′vər-hī′drāt)
tr.v. o·ver·hy·drat·ed, o·ver·hy·drat·ing, o·ver·hy·drates
To cause to take excessive fluids into the body, as through intravenous injection.

o′ver·hy·dra′tion n.
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(8) However, differences in the volume of fluid administered were relatively small, and while there was evidence of underhydration (likely responsible for acute kidney injury), there was no evidence of overhydration. For example, 4 L of fluid is likely superior to 15 L, but it may not be clinically different from 4.5 L.
The reactor was designed as a slowly rotating cylindrical drum to enable a steady mixing of the storage material in granular form to reach homogeneous temperatures and to avoid overhydration of the storage material.
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The fluid accumulated due to overhydration was better detected with a BIS device (4).
Several intra and extrahepatic disorders may promote lymphedema, including, but not limited to, hepatic inflammation, trauma, overhydration, pancreatitis, pneumonia, or pyelonephritis (7).
Severe dehydration can imperil athletes, but according to studies by South African researcher Timothy Noakes, the author of 'Waterlogged: The Serious Problem of Overhydration in Endurance Sports', the body is more than equipped to tolerate mild dehydration, while overhydration may pose more severe risks.
Overhydration, once considered a pre-event strategy, has shown to be an illegitimate solution to dehydration.