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])
hyperchromatic
1. That which is abnormally highly colored, excessively stained, or over pigmented.
2. Characterized by intense coloration, either from natural pigments or from a strong affinity for colored dyes.
hyperchromatism, hyperchromia
1. The increased or excessive staining capacity of a structure; such as, the nuclei of cancer cells, which stain excessively with hematoxylin (stain that gives a blue color) as a result of their increased nucleic acid (chromosomal) content.
2. A condition of having an unusual intensity of color.
hyperchromatopsia
A disorder of visual perception in which everything the individual sees is colored (normally and abnormally).
hypercinesia, hypercinesis
1. Excessive motility (movement).
2. Excessive muscular activity.
hyperconscious (high" pur KAHN shuhs)
1. Excessively aware.
2. Acutely conscious.
hypercorrection
1. A grammatical mistake, or mispronunciation, made by correcting something that is not actually wrong.
2. A sentence construction, or pronunciation, produced out of a desire to be correct, as in the substitution of "I" for "me" with mistaken belief that the following should be "On behalf of my parents and I".
hypercreatinemia
Excessive creatine (a compound the body synthesizes, or makes, and then utilizes to store energy) in the blood, evidence of excessively rapid breakdown of muscle tissue, and in thyrotoxicosis (an overactive thyroid gland).
hypercrinism
The somatic (body as opposed to the mind) condition resulting from excessive secretion of a hormone or hormones.
hypercritical (high" pur KRIT i k'l)
1. Very critical.
2. Overly severe in judgment.
3. Hard to please.
4. Of the character of a hypercritic.
5. Addicted to excessive adverse criticism; especially, upon minute or trivial points.
hypercriticism
Excessive criticism; criticism that is unduly severe or about minute (trivial) matters.
hypercriticize
To criticize excessively or unduly.
hypercryalgesia
1. Extreme sensibility to cold or extreme pain caused by cold.
2. Excessive pain resulting from exposure to cold.
3. An increased feeling of pain when exposed to cold.
hypercryesthesia
An excessive, or extreme, sensitivity to cold.
hypercupremia
A greater than normal concentration of copper in the blood.
hypercupriuria
Excretion of greater than usual amounts of copper in the urine resulting from certain diseases.
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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