hyperactivity
— Noun
– English
~ a condition characterized by excessive restlessness and movement
hyperacusia
— Noun
– English
~ abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
hyperacusis
— Noun
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~ abnormal acuteness of hearing due to increased irritability of the sensory neural mechanism; characterized by intolerance for ordinary sound levels
hyperadrenalism
— Noun
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~ a glandular disorder caused by excessive ACTH resulting in greater than normal functioning of the adrenal gland; characterized by obesity
hyperadrenocorticism
— Noun
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~ a glandular disorder caused by excessive cortisol
hyperaemia
— Noun
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~ increased blood in an organ or other body part
hyperaldosteronism
— Noun
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~ a condition caused by overproduction of aldosterone
hyperalimentation
— Noun
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~ 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
— Noun
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~ a large chamber in which the oxygen pressure is above normal for the atmosphere; used in treating breathing disorders or carbon monoxide poisoning
hyperbaton
— Noun
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~ reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
hyperbel
— Noun
– Danish
~ plan geometrisk kurve som dannes af de punkter hvi ...
hyperbetalipoproteinemia
— Noun
– English
~ a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age
hyperbilirubinemia
— Noun
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~ abnormally high amounts of bile pigment (bilirubin) in the blood
hyperbola
— Noun
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~ an open curve formed by a plane that cuts the base of a right circular cone
hyperbole
— Noun
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~ extravagant exaggeration
hyperbolic geometry
— Noun
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~ (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"
hyperboloid
— Noun
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~ a quadric surface generated by rotating a hyperbola around its main axis
Hyperborean
— Noun
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~ (Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind
hypercalcaemia
— Noun
– English
~ the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or Paget's disease