hyperglycemia (n.)

1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."


hyperbole (n.)


"obvious exaggeration in rhetoric," early 15c., from Latin hyperbole, from Greek hyperbole "exaggeration, extravagance," literally "a throwing beyond," from hyper- "beyond" (see hyper-) + bole "a throwing, a casting, the stroke of a missile, bolt, beam," from bol-, nominative stem of ballein "to throw".

Greek had a verb, hyperballein, "to throw over or beyond."

hyperextend (v.)

1863, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +

from Latin extendere "stretch out, spread out; increase, enlarge, prolong, continue," from ex "out" + tendere "to stretch.”

hyperinflation (n.)

1925 in the economic sense, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" +from Latin inflationem (nominative inflatio) "a puffing up, a blowing into; flatulence," noun of action from past participle stem of inflare "blow into, puff up."


hyperplasia (n.)

1849, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- "over, beyond" + -plasia "formation, growth, development."

New development of tissue. Muscles, usually.

hypermnesia (n.)

"unusual power of memory," 1847, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + -mnēsia "memory,"


hyperopia (n.)

"very acute vision," 1861, Modern Latin, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + Greek ōps "eye"


hyperpnea (n.)

"panting," 1860, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + ending probably based on older apnea. from apnoos "without breathing, without wind," from a- "not, without" + pnein "to breathe".


hyperkinetic (adj.)


characterized by fast-paced or frenetic activity.