hyper- /hī-pər- or hī-pûr-/

1. Signifying: over
2. Excessive
3. More than normal

hyperaccūmˈūlator noun

A plant that absorbs large amounts of heavy metals from the soil

hyperacidˈity noun

Excessive acidity, esp in the stomach

hyperactˈive adjective (medicine)

Abnormally or pathologically active

hyperactivˈity noun

hyperacusis /-ə-kūˈsis/ noun

(Gr akousis hearing) abnormally increased power of hearing

hyperacuteˈ adjective

hyperacuteˈness noun

hyperadrēˈnalism noun

Excessive activity of the adrenal gland

hyperaemia or (N American) hyperemia /-ēˈmi-ə/ noun

(Gr haima blood) congestion or excess of blood in any part

hyperaeˈmic or (N American) hypereˈmic adjective

hyperaesthesia /-ēs-thēˈzi-ə/ or (N American) hyperesthesia /-is-thēˈ/ noun

1. (Gr aisthēsis perception) excessive sensitivity to stimuli
2. An abnormal extension of the bodily senses assumed to explain telepathy and clairvoyance
3. Exaggerated aestheticism

hyperaesthēˈsic, hyperaesthetic or (N American) hyperesthetic /-thetˈik/ adjective

1. Overaesthetic
2. Abnormally or morbidly sensitive

hyperalgēˈsia /-si-ə or -zi-ə/ noun

(Gr algēsis pain) heightened sensitivity to pain

hyperalgēˈsic adjective

hyperbarˈic adjective

1. Having specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid (spinal anaesthesia)
2. Relating to conditions of high atmospheric pressure with a greater concentration of oxygen than normal, as in a hyperbaric chamber a chamber containing oxygen at high pressure

hyperbatˈic adjective

hyperbatˈically adverb

hyperˈbaton noun (Gr, from the root of bainein to go; rhetoric)

A figure of speech in which the customary order of words is reversed

hyperˈbola noun (pl usually hyperˈbolas) (Gr hyperbolē overshooting, from ballein to throw; geometry)

One of the conic sections, the intersection of a plane with a cone when the plane cuts both branches of the cone

hyperbole /hī-pûrˈbə-lē/ noun

A rhetorical figure which produces a vivid impression by extravagant and obvious exaggeration

hyperbolˈic or hyperbolˈical adjective

Of a hyperbola or hyperbole (hyperbolic functions (mathematics) a set of six functions (sinh, cosh, tanh, etc) analogous to the trigonometrical functions; hyperbolic geometry that involving the axiom that through any point in a given plane there can be drawn more than one line that does not intersect a given line; hyperbolic logarithms natural logarithms; hyperbolic paraboloid a saddle-shaped surface represented by the equation x²/a−y²/b=z; hyperbolic spiral a spiral of polar equation pθ=k²)

hyperbolˈically adverb

hyperˈbolism noun

hyperˈbolize or hyperˈbolise transitive verb

To represent hyperbolically

To speak hyperbolically or with exaggeration

hyperˈboloid noun

A solid figure in which some of the plane sections are hyperbolas

hyperborean /-böˈ/ adjective

(Gr Hyperboreoi a people supposed to live in sunshine beyond the north wind, from Boreas the north wind) belonging to the extreme north

An inhabitant of the extreme north

hypercalcaeˈmia or hypercalceˈmia noun

An abnormally high concentration of calcium in the blood

hypercatalectˈic adjective (prosody)

Having an additional syllable or half-foot after the last complete dipody

hypercatalexˈis noun

hyˈpercharge noun

The strangeness of a particle plus its baryon number

To charge excessively, to overload

hypercholesterolaeˈmia noun

A condition characterized by an abnormally high level of blood cholesterol

hyˈpercolour noun

A dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature

hyperconˈscious adjective

More than normally aware (of)

hypercorrectˈ adjective

1. Over-correct
2. Very critical
3. Due to or showing hypercorrection

hypercorrecˈtion noun

A correction made in the mistaken belief that nonstandard linguistic usage is being thus avoided, eg the erroneous use of I in the place of me in phrases such as between you and I

hypercorrectˈness noun

hypercritˈic noun

1. Someone who is over-critical
2. A carper

hypercritˈic or hypercritˈical adjective

Excessively critical, esp of very small faults

hypercritˈically adverb

hypercritˈicism noun

hypercritˈicize or hypercritˈicise /-sīz/ transitive verb

hyˈpercube noun (mathematics)

A theoretical solid in four or more dimensions, all sides being equal and all angles right angles

hyperdacˈtyl adjective

(Gr daktylos finger, toe)

hyperdacˈtyly noun

Possession of more than five fingers or toes

hyperdorian /-döˈ/ adjective (Gr hyperdōrios; music)

1. Above the Dorian mode
2. Applied in ancient Greek music to a mode having as its lower tetrachord the upper tetrachord of the Dorian (as: b c d e; e f g a; b)

hy'perdrive noun

(in science fiction) an engine or power source that enables matter to be transported through hyperspace

hyperdulia /-doo-līˈə/ noun see under dulia

hyperemˈesis noun

(Gr emesis vomiting) excessive vomiting

hyperemetˈic adjective

hyperemia, hyperesthesia noun see hyperaemia, hyperaesthesia above

hypereutecˈtic adjective

(of a compound) containing more of the minor component than an eutectic compound

hyperextendˈ transitive verb

To extend (a limb) beyond its normal range, causing injury

hyperextenˈsion noun

hyperfineˈ adjective (hyperfine structure (physics)

The splitting of spectrum lines into two or more very closely spaced components)

hyperfocal distance /-fōˈkəl/ noun (photography)

The distance in front of a lens focused at infinity beyond which all objects are acceptably in focus

hyperˈgamous adjective

Relating to hypergamy

hypergamy /hī-pûrˈgə-mi/ noun

1. (Gr gamos marriage) a custom that allows a man but forbids a woman to marry a person of lower social standing
2. Now sometimes more generally marriage of one person with another of higher social rank

hyperglycaemia or (US) hyperglycemia /-glī-sēˈmi-ə/ noun

An abnormally high concentration of sugar in the blood

hypergolic /-golˈik/ adjective

(of two or more liquids) spontaneously explosive on mixing

hyperhidrōˈsis, hyperhydrōˈsis or hyperidrōˈsis noun

Excessive sweating

hyperinflāˈtion noun (economics)

Rapid inflation uncontrollable by normal means

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