Usually means: Excessive adjustment in response to error.
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  1. overcorrection: Merriam-Webster
  2. overcorrection: Collins English Dictionary
  3. overcorrection: Wordnik
  4. overcorrection: Wiktionary
  5. overcorrection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. overcorrection: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. overcorrection: Dictionary.com
  8. Overcorrection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. overcorrection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. overcorrection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  3. Overcorrection: LASIK Eye Surgery Glossary
  4. overcorrection: Laser Eye Surgery
  5. overcorrection: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (overcorrection)

noun:  The correction of something to an excessive degree.

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