English dictionary: words starting with h - page 208
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Meanings of Hyperesthetic:
adjectiveExperiencing feelings such as pain, heat, or cold in a way that is unusually strong and unpleasant
Usage examples:
A hyperaesthetic overwhelming pain state can occur in patients with chronic pain, patches or creams…
Meanings of Hyperextend:
verbForcefully extend a limb or joint beyond its normal limits, either in exercise or therapy or so as to cause injury.
Usage examples:
He hyperextended his left knee during the last game
Meanings of Hypergamy:
nounThe action of marrying or forming a sexual relationship with a person of a superior sociological or educational background.
Usage examples:
Family connections help here, and hypergamy (marriage into a higher class) for both men and women i…
Meanings of Hyperglycaemia:
nounAn excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus.
Usage examples:
Three key features of diabetic acidosis are hyperglycemia, ketosis, and acidosis.
Meanings of Hyperglycemia:
nounAn excess of glucose in the bloodstream, often associated with diabetes mellitus.
Usage examples:
Three key features of diabetic acidosis are hyperglycemia, ketosis, and acidosis.
Meanings of Hypergolic:
adjective(of a rocket propellant) igniting spontaneously on mixing with another substance.
Usage examples:
The titan uses aerojet-general lr87 and lr91 engines burning liquid hypergolic propellants that ign…
Meanings of Hyperhidrosis:
nounA condition in which a person produces much more sweat (= a salty liquid passed through the skin) than normal
Usage examples:
The first step in treating hyperhidrosis is to determine whether there is an underlying condition c…
Meanings of Hyperhypocrisy:
nounThe practice of claiming to have higher standards or more noble beliefs than is the case.
Usage examples:
His target was the hypocrisy of suburban life
Meanings of Hypericin:
nounA substance found in st john's wort, credited with chemical and pharmacological properties similar to those of antidepressants.
Usage examples:
St.john's wort contains hypericin, which inhibits monoamine oxidase, a chemical associated with dep…
Meanings of Hypericum:
nounA yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the st john's worts, tutsan, and rose of sharon.
Usage examples:
Twenty five years on, the crevices between rocks are filled with cushions of saxifrages, tiny yello…
Meanings of Hyperimmune:
adjectiveHaving a high concentration of antibodies produced in reaction to repeated injections of an antigen.
Usage examples:
Conversely, an allergy is a hyperimmune response to a special antigen called an allergen (eg, polle…
Meanings of Hyperinflation:
nounMonetary inflation occurring at a very high rate.
Usage examples:
If the central bank chooses to persevere in their inflation, hyperinflation will be unleashed.
Meanings of Hyperion:
proper nounA satellite of saturn, the sixteenth closest to the planet, discovered in 1848 and having an irregular shape.
Meanings of Hyperkalemia:
nounA higher than normal level of potassium in the bloodstream.
Meanings of Hyperkalemic:
adjectiveHaving a higher than normal level of potassium in the bloodstream.
Meanings of Hyperkeratosis:
nounAbnormal thickening of the outer layer of the skin.
Usage examples:
Most leukoplakias are caused by hyperkeratosis or a thickening of the outer keratin layer.
Meanings of Hyperkinetic:
adjectiveOf or affected with hyperkinesis.
Usage examples:
Children with hyperkinetic syndrome
Meanings of Hyperlipaemia:
nounAn abnormally high concentration of fats or lipids in the blood.
Usage examples:
The new recommended dose of fenofibrate for the treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia or mixed …
Meanings of Hyperlipemia:
nounAn abnormally high concentration of fats or lipids in the blood.
Usage examples:
The new recommended dose of fenofibrate for the treatment of primary hypercholesterolemia or mixed …
Meanings of Hyperlipidemia:
nounAnother term for hyperlipaemia.
Meanings of Hypermarket:
nounA very large self-service store with a wide range of goods and a large car park, typically situated outside a town.
Usage examples:
If they all close down because of competition from big hypermarkets five miles outside town, and yo…
Meanings of Hypermetabolism:
nounUnusually high metabolic activity (= the chemical processes within the body required for life)
Usage examples:
The child may have a good appetite but does not gain weight because of hypermetabolism., most inves…
Meanings of Hypermetropia:
nounLong-sightedness.
Usage examples:
Contact lenses can be used most advantageously to correct myopia, but can also be used for hypermet…
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