Webster's Dictionary 1913

4051

Hypersecretion

Hy′per‐se‐cre″tion (?), n.(Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in catarrh.

4052

Hypersensibility

Hy′per‐sen′si‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. See Hyperæsthesia.

4053

Hyperspace

Hy″per‐space (–spās), n. [Pref. hyper- + space.] (Geom.) An imagined space having more than three dimensions.

4054

Hypersthene

Hy″per‐sthene (hī″pẽr‐sthēn), n. [Gr. υπἕρ over + σθένοσ strength: cf. F. hyperstène.] (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group, of a grayish or greenish black color...

4055

Hypersthenic

Hy′per‐sthen″ic (?), a.(Min.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.

4056

Hyperthetical

Hy′per‐thet″ic‐al (?), a. [Gr. �; υπἕρ over + τιθέναι to place.] Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical.Hyperthetical or superlative... expression. Chapman.

4057

Hyperthyrion

‖Hy′per‐thyr″i‐on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. �; υπἕρ over + � door.] (Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.

4058

Hypertrophic

{ Hy′per‐troph″ic (?), Hy′per‐troph″ic‐al (?), } a. [Cf. F. hypertrophique.] (Med. & Biol.) Of or pertaining to hypertrophy; affected with, or tending to, hypertrophy.

4059

Hypertrophied

Hy‐per″tro‐phied (?), a.(Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed; characterized by hypertrophy.

4060

Hypertrophy

Hy‐per″tro‐phy (?), n. [Gr. υπἕρ over, beyond + � nourishment, fr. � to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of overgrowth or excessive development of an or...

4061

Hyphæ

‖Hy″phæ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. υφἥ a web.] (Bot.) The long, branching filaments of which the mycelium (and the greater part of the plant) of a fungus is formed. They are also...

4062

Hyphen

Hy″phen (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �, fr. � under one, into one, together, fr. � under + �, neut. of � one. See Hypo-.] (Print.) A mark or short dash, thus, placed at the end of a lin...

4063

Hyphen (2)

Hy″phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Hyphened (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hyphening.] To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word.

4064

Hyphenated

Hy″phen‐a′ted (?), a. United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or hyphened word.

4065

Hyphomycetes

‖Hy′pho‐my‐ce″tes (?), n. pl.(Bot.) One of the great division of fungi, containing those species which have naked spores borne on free or only fasciculate threads. M. J. Berkley.

4066

Hypidiomorphic

Hy‐pid′i‐o‐mor″phic (?), a. [Pref. hypo- + idiomorphic.] (Crystallog.) Partly idiomorphic; — said of rock a portion only of whose constituents have a distinct crystalline form. ...

4067

Hypinosis

‖Hyp′i‐no″sis (?), n.(Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood.

4068

Hypnagogic

Hyp′na‐gog″ic (?), a. Leading to sleep; — applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

4069

Hypnobate

Hyp″no‐bate (?), n. A somnambulist.

4070

Hypnocyst

Hyp″no‐cyst (?), n. [Gr. � sleep + E. cyst.] (Biol.) A cyst in which some unicellular organisms temporarily inclose themselves, from which they emerge unchanged, after a period ...

4071

Hypnogenic

Hyp′no‐gen″ic (?), a.(Physiol.) Relating to the production of hypnotic sleep; as, the so-called hypnogenic pressure points, pressure upon which is said to cause an attack of hyp...

4072

Hypnologist

Hyp‐nol″o‐gist (?), n. One who is versed in hypnology.

4073

Hypnology

Hyp‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. [Gr. � sleep + -logy.] A treatise on sleep; the doctrine of sleep.

4074

Hypnoscope

Hyp″no‐scope (?), n. [Gr. � + -scope.] (Physiol.) An instrument for ascertaining the susceptibility of a person to hypnotic influences.

4075

Hypnosis

‖Hyp‐no″sis (?), n.(Med.) Supervention of sleep.

4076

Hypnosis (2)

‖Hyp‐no″sis, n. The condition of being hypnotized.

4077

Hypnotic

Hyp‐not″ic (?), a. [Gr. � inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, fr. � to lull to sleep, fr. � sleep; akin to L. somnus, and E. somnolent: cf. F. hypnotique.] 1. Having the qualit...