Word Meanings - HYPERSENSIBILITY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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- HYPERTROPHIC; HYPERTROPHICAL
Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy. - HYPERTROPHY
A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the opposite of atrophy. - HYPERCRITICALLY
In a hypercritical manner. - HYPERMETROPIA; HYPERMETROPY
A condition of the eye in which, through shortness of the eyeball or fault of the refractive media, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia. Note: In hypermetropia, vision for - HYPERSTHENE
An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike luster on the cleavage surface. - HYPERBATON
A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton. - HYPERPHYSICAL
Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton. - HYPER-
A prefix equivalent to super- or per-; as hyperoxide, or peroxide. See Per-. (more info) 1. A prefix signifying over, above; as, hyperphysical, hyperthyrion; also, above measure, abnormally great, excessive; as, hyperæmia, hyperbola, - HYPERCATALECTIC
Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse. - HYPERCRITICISM
Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism. - HYPERBOLIC; HYPERBOLICAL
Belonging to the hyperbola; having the nature of the hyperbola. - HYPERINOSIS
A condition of the blood, characterized by an abnormally large amount of fibrin, as in many inflammatory diseases. - HYPERMETER
A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse. 2. Hence, anything exceeding the ordinary standard. When a man rises beyond six foot, he is an hypermeter. Addison. - HYPERBOLIZE
To speak or write with exaggeration. Bp. Montagu. - HYPERDICROTOUS
Hyperdicrotic. - HYPERTHYRION
That part of the architrave which is over a door or window. - HYPERCHROMATISM
The condition of having an unusual intensity of color. - HYPEROXYMURIATIC
Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. - HYPERCRITIC
Hypercritical. - HYPERKINETIC
Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis. - DYSAESTHESIA
Impairment of any of the senses, esp. of touch. - AESTHESIA
Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia.