hyperacusia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
hyperacusis
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
hyperadrenalism
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity
hyperadrenocorticism
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol
hyperaemia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ increased blood in an organ or other body part
hyperaldosteronism
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone
hyperalimentation
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ administration of a nutritionally adequate solution through a catheter into the vena cava; used in cases of long-term coma or severe burns or severe gastrointestinal syndromes
hyperbaric chamber
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning
hyperbaton
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
hyperbetalipoproteinemia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age
hyperbilirubinemia
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
hyperbola
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
hyperbole
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ extravagant exaggeration
hyperbolic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ of or relating to a hyperbola; "hyperbolic functions"
hyperbolic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness; "a hyperbolic style"
hyperbolic geometry
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ (mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry in which the parallel axiom is replaced by the assumption that through any point in a plane there are two or more lines that do not intersect a given line in the plane; "Karl Gauss pioneered hyperbolic geometry"
hyperbolically
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in an exaggerated manner
hyperbolise
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
hyperbolize
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
hyperboloid
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis