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])
hypergeusesthesia
A parageusia, or the perversion, of the sense of taste; or a bad taste, in the mouth involving an increased sensitivity of taste.
hypergeusia (high pur GYOO see uh; high pur JYOO see uh)
An abnormal acuteness, or excess, of the sense of taste.
hyperglycemia, hyperglycaemia
1. An abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes.
2. An elevated level specifically of the sugar glucose in the blood.
Hyperglycemia is often found in diabetes mellitus. It occurs when the body does not have enough insulin or cannot use the insulin it has to turn glucose into energy. hyperglycemic
1. A reference to an abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes.
2. Characterized by, or causing, hyperglycemia (excess of glucose in the blood).
Glucose is a monosaccharide (a simple sugar; a carbohydrate that cannot be broken down to simpler substances by hydrolysis) which is found in many foods; especially, fruit, and is the end product of carbohydrate digestion in the body.
Soon after digestion, other monosaccharides; such as, fructose and galactose get converted into glucose, so that it is the only monosaccharide present in significant amounts in body fluids.
The metabolism of glucose is the chief source of energy for the cells of the body, and the rate of such metabolism is controlled by insulin. In pharmaceutical preparations, glucose is called dextrose.
hypergnosia
A distorted, or exaggerated, perception; influenced by the unconscious projection of emotional subjective experiences.
hypergnosis
1. An exaggerated perception; such as, the expansion of an isolated idea into a complex philosophical system; seen in paranoia.
2. Excessive elaboration of a single concept or percept.
3. Projection of inner conflicts into one's environment.
hypergonadism
1. Excessive internal secretion of gonads.
2. A clinical state resulting from enhanced secretion of gonadal hormones.
hypergynecosmia
Over development of secondary sex characteristics of the mature female or their precocious development in a young girl.
hyperhaline
A term used to characterize waters with salinity greater than 40 parts per thousand of dissolved salts, due to ocean-derived salts.
hyperhedonia
1. An excessive craving for or an abnormal pleasure in anything.
2. An abnormal sexual excitement.
—From Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 18th ed.
3. The feeling of an abnormally great pleasure in any act or from any happening; hyperhedonism.
—From Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th ed.
hyperhidrosis
Excessive sweating or profuse sweating.
A common disorder which produces a lot of unhappiness. Usually a small number of people suffer from excessive sweating of the underarms (axillary hyperhidrosis) or of the palms and soles of the feet (palmoplantar hyperhidrosis).
Underarm problems tend to start in late adolescence, while palm and sole sweating often begins earlier, around the age of thirteen (on the average). Untreated, these problems may continue throughout life.
Excessive sweating is embarrassing because it stains clothes, ruins romance, and complicates business, and social interactions.
Severe cases can have serious practical consequences as well, making it hard for people who suffer from it to hold a pen, grip a car steering wheel, or even to shake hands. hyperhypnosis
A pathological state of prolonged sleep, from which the patient can be roused only partly and very briefly; hypersomnia, lethargy.
hyperingestation
The intake of more nutrients than are required for good health.
hyperinvolution
Excessive postpartum involution of the uterus of a nursing mother, resulting in a very small uterus.
hyperirritability
1. Extreme irritability.
2. Excessive response to a stimulus.
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-.
If there are any numbers below, use them to see other pages in this unit.
Showing page 8 out of 18 pages of 262 words or word groups.
Back to Index |
Search Box | Main Index
The + sign at the end of a unit title means all of the words in that unit have definitions.
Do you want to help to make this dictionary bigger and better?
|
Subscribe to this FREE Focusing on Words Newsletter