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overcorrection

overcorrection

7.7
A medical change that is too strong and causes harm, for example lowering blood sugar too much
  • noun
  • /ˌoʊvərkəˈrɛkʃən/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sobrecorrección
  • After the surgery, the doctor warned that overcorrection could create new complications in the healing process.

Examples

  • Then an additional 0.1 to 0.2 ml is injected to achieve overcorrection.

    Academic text (2004)

  • This overcorrection is important for the final result of the osteotomy (2, 3).

    Academic text (2000)

  • How long do, for instance, young men have to be made to go through the overcorrection game in order to get back to the equality bit?

  • This overcorrection is necessary because almost all injectables have a small aqueous component that will be absorbed 3 to 5 days after injection.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The overcorrection of her posture led to increased back pain, as she adjusted too forcefully.

  • The athlete's overcorrection during rehabilitation caused further injury, instead of improving his condition.

Synonyms

overcompensation
vsovercorrection
3 7.2

An attempt to hide a weakness by doing the opposite in an extreme way

is an excessive bodily adjustment that unintentionally causes harm
overtreatment
vsovercorrection
  • Specialized
1 5.8

Giving too much medical help that is not needed and can cause harm

is an excessive bodily adjustment that creates new physiological problems
hypercorrection
vsovercorrection
  • Specialized
9.5

An overdone change that creates a new mistake, often in language

is a bodily adjustment that creates new medical problems rather than a language error

How Excessive

overcorrection
  • Specialized
7.7
correction
88 2.7
adjustment
133 2.9

Surface Forms

overcorrection singular
overcorrections plural

Morphology

overcorrection = overcorrect (transparent) = over + correct + ion

Constructed by adding '-ion' to the verb 'overcorrect' (over- + correct), so the medical sense of excessive adjustment is directly signalled by the morphology.

Etymology

Overcorrection comes from over- meaning 'too much' and correct meaning 'make right', so it means 'correcting too much'. In medicine this helps you remember that a treatment that changes something too far, for example blood sugar or eye position, can cause new harm.