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Of or pertaining to hyperkinesis.

A kind of metamorphosis, in certain insects, in which the larva itself undergoes remarkable changes of form and structure during its growth.

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.

edia, the rays of light come to a focus behind the retina; farsightedness; -- called also hyperopia. Cf. Emmetropia.

A show or exhibition having a great number of scenes or views.

Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea.

An order of marsipobranchs including the lampreys. The suckerlike moth contains numerous teeth; the nasal opening is in the middle of the head above, but it does not connect with the mouth. See Cyclostoma, and Lamprey.

Hypermetropia. -- Hy`per*op"tic, a.

Higher than, or beyond the sphere of, the organic. Sir W. Hamilton.

Orthodoxy pushed to excess.

and a communication between tionnasal aperture and the throat. See Hagfish. [Written also Hyperotreti.]

A compound having a relatively large percentage of oxygen; a peroxide. [Obs.]

Combined with a relatively large amount of oxygen; -- said of higher oxides. [Obs.]

A perchlorate. [Obs.]

Perchloric; as, hyperoxymuriatic acid. [Obs.]

Above or transcending physical laws; supernatural. Those who do not fly to some hyperphysical hypothesis. Sir W. Hamilton.

An increase in, or excessive growth of, the normal elements of any part.

Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.

A condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.