hypermotility

[hahy-per-moh-til-i-tee]

noun Pathology.

excessive motility of the stomach or intestine (opposed to hypomotility).

Origin:
1890–95; hyper- + motility

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Hypermotility has a plethora of syllables.

So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

WordNet

hypermotility
noun
excessive movement; especially excessive motility of the gastrointestinal tract

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