hyper-, hyp- +

(Greek: above, over; excessive; more than normal; abnormal excess [in medicine]; abnormally great or powerful sensation [in physical or pathological terms]; highest [in chemical compounds])


hyperovaria. hyperovarianism, hyperovarism
1. A precocious sexuality in girls resulting from an abnormally heavy secretion of estrogen of ovarian secretion.
2. Excessive ovarian secretion of estrogen at any age.
hyperoxaluria
The excretion of an excessive amount of oxalates in the urine.

Oxalates consist of poisonous, colorless crystalline organic acid, found in many plants; such as, spinach, and made synthetically for bleaching, dyeing, rust remover, and cleaning.

High concentrations of oxalates may lead to formation of urinary calculi.

Hyperoxaluria may be genetic (primary), or secondary to ingestion or the administration of excess amounts of oxalate precursors, or to intestinal diseases.

Oxalates occur in plants and are toxic to higher animals by virtue of their calcium binding properties. They cause the precipitation of calcium oxalate in the kidneys, prevent calcium uptake in the gut, and are not metabolized.

hyperoxemia
An excessive acidity of the blood.
hyperoxia
A condition characterized by abnormally high levels of oxygen in the blood and tissues.
hyperpallesthesia
An increased sharpness of the sense of vibration (a form of pressure sense; most acute when a vibrating tuning fork is applied over a bony prominence).
hyperparasite
1. A secondary parasite capable of development within a previously existing parasite.
2. An organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
3. A parasite that preys on another parasite.
hyperpathia
1. A painful syndrome, characterized by an increased reaction to a stimulus; especially, a repetitive stimulus.
2. A clinical symptom of certain neurological disorders wherein the patient experiences a greatly exaggerated pain sensation to nociceptive stimuli (caused by or reacting to pain).
hyperpepsia
1. Abnormally rapid digestion.
2. Impaired digestion with hyperchlorhydria (an excessive amount of hydrochloric acid in the stomach).
hyperpepsinemia
An elevated concentration of pepsin in the blood.

Pepsins are enzyme that are produced in the stomach which splits proteins into peptones or fragments of protein formed by enzyme action in the first stages of digestion.

hyperpepsinia
An excess of pepsin in the gastric juice.

Pepsin is an enzyme produced in the stomach that breaks down proteins into simpler compounds.

hyperpeptic
Relating to or characterized by gastric hypersecretion (excessive secretion or a substance; especially, one that is not a waste which is released from a gland or cell).
hyperphagia (high" pur FAY jee uh)
1. The ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food; over eating; gluttony.
2. An abnormally increased desire for food frequently resulting from injury to the autonomic regulatory center in the brain; to gorge.
hyperphalangia, hyperphlangism, hyperphalangy
1. The condition of having more digital phalanges (bones of the fingers) than normal; especially, in cases where polydactyly is absent.
2. Presence of a supernumerary phalanx in finger or toe.
hyperphasia
1. A driving compulsion, or an abnormal desire, to talk.
2. The overwhelming urge to be saying something.
hyperphilia
In psychiatry, an inexact, pseudoscientific term referring to a state of being “oversexed”, a judgment frequently based on a comparison with the rater’s own level of sexual responsiveness.

Related "above, over, beyond the normal, excessive" word units: epi-; super-, supra-, sur; ultra-, ult-.

Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": copi-; exuber-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.


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