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])
hypervitaminosis, supervitaminosis
1. A condition due to the ingestion of an excess of one or more vitamins.
2. A physical disorder resulting from a nonspecific vitamin excess.
hypervitaminosis A
A symptom complex resulting from ingestion of excessive amounts of vitamin A, with hair loss, skin disorders, headache, bone and joint pain, anorexia, fatigue, irritability, hyperostosis, hepatosplenomegaly, papilledema, and pseudotumor cerebri (increased pressure within the brain in the absence of a tumor).
hypervitaminosis D
A symptom complex resulting from ingestion of excessive amounts of vitamin D, with weakness, fatigue, loss of weight, and other negative symptoms.
hypervitaminotic
A reference to, or characterized by, hypervitaminosis (a condition in which adverse physical effects are caused by taking in too much of one or more vitamins).
kolpohyperplasia (also colpohyperplasia)
An excessive growth of the mucous membrane and the wall of the vagina or a thickening of the vaginal mucous membrane.
lipohypertrophy
Hypertrophy of subcutaneous fat.
muscular hyperalgesia
Pain induced by movement in fatigued muscles.
oligohypermenorrhea
Infrequent episodes of menstrual bleeding characterized by a heavy flow.
osteohypertrophy
A condition characterized by the overgrowth of bones.
oxyacusis, hyperacusis
An abnormal sensitivity to sound, sometimes found in hysteria, in which hearing is abnormally acute.
pallyhyperesthesia
An abnormal increase of sensibilities to vibrations.
parageustic (par uh GYOO stik; par uh JYOO stik)
A reference to a disordered, false, or perverted sense of taste.
parenternal hyperalimentation
The intravenous administration of greater than the normally optimal amounts of essential nutrients.
permissive hypercapnia
Artificially induced hypercapnia (more than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood) in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome or respiratory failure.
Done to lower the inspiratory pressure and tidal volume and the possibility of lung injury.
pseudohypertrichosis
Persistence after birth of the fine hair present during fetal life, because of the inability of the bodily skin to throw it off.
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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