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])
pseudohypertrophic
Descriptive reference to an increase in the size of a bodily organ, or part of an organ, resulting from fatty or fibrous tissue.
pseudohypertrophy
An increase in size of an organ or a part, due not to an increase in size or the number of the specific functional elements but to that of some other tissue, fatty or fibrous.
purposeless hyperactivity
Random excess activity that fulfills no purpose.
In organic brain disease, stimulation sufficient to produce any response typically provokes purposeless hyperactivity in addition to the appropriate response.
thermhyperesthesia
Excessive sensitiveness to high temperatures.
thermohyperaesthesia
1. Extreme sensitiveness to heat stimuli.
2. Very acute thermoesthesia or temperature sense; exaggerated perception of hot and cold.
thermohyperalgesia
1. Excessive thermalgesia (pain caused by a slight degree of heat).
2. A condition in which the application of moderate heat causes extreme pain.
3. Pain induced by hot or cold stimuli at thresholds lower than normal.
vasohypertonic
Relating to increased arteriolar tension or vasoconstriction (diminution of the caliber of vessels, especially constriction of arterioles leading to decreased blood flow to a part).
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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