| hyperalimentation | <gastroenterology, pharmacology> Intravenous feeding that provides patients with all essential nutrients when they are unable to feed themselves. Synonym: total parenteral nutrition. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| hyperallantoinuria | Increased excretion of allantoin in the urine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperalphalipoproteinaemia | An inherited defect that results in elevated levels of high-density lipoproteins in the serum. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperaminoaciduria | Excretion of amino acids in the urine, especially in excessive amounts. Synonym: hyperaminoaciduria. Origin: amino acid + G. Ouron, urine (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperammonaemia | The presence of ammonia or some of its compounds in the blood, thought to be formed from the decomposition of urea; it usually results in subnormal temperature, weak pulse, gastroenteric symptoms, and coma. Synonym: hyperammonaemia. Origin: ammonia + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperamylasaemia | Elevated serum amylase, usually seen as one of the manifestations of acute pancreatitis. Origin: hyper-+ amylase, + G. Haima, blood (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperanacinesia | Hyperanakinesis Excessive to-and-fro movement, e.g., of the stomach or intestine. Synonym: hyperanacinesia, hyperanacinesis. Origin: hyper-+ G. Anakinesis, to-and-fro movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperanakinesia | Hyperanakinesis Excessive to-and-fro movement, e.g., of the stomach or intestine. Synonym: hyperanacinesia, hyperanacinesis. Origin: hyper-+ G. Anakinesis, to-and-fro movement (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperandrogenism | <endocrinology> Hyperandrogenism is a term describing excessive production of androgens in women, it is frequently a cause of hirsutism and also associated with polycystic ovarian disease. (04 Mar 1998) |
| hyperaphia | Extreme sensitiveness to touch. Synonym: oxyaphia, tactile hyperesthesia. Origin: hyper-+ G. Haphe, touch (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperaphic | Marked by hyperaphia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperapophysis | <anatomy> A lateral and backward-projecting process on the dorsal side of a vertebra. Hyperapophysial. See: apophysis. (04 Mar 1998) |
| hyperargininaemia | Elevated levels of arginine in the blood plasma; usually associated with a deficiency of arginase. (05 Mar 2000) |
| hyperbaric | <physics, physiology> Characterised by greater than normal pressure or weight, applied to gases under greater than atmospheric pressure, as hyperbaric oxygen or to a solution of greater specific gravity than another taken as a standard of reference. Origin: Gr. Baros = weight (04 Mar 1998) |
| hyperbaric anaesthesia | Inhalation of depressant gases or vapors at pressures greater than 1 atmosphere, especially as a means of producing general anaesthesia with agents too weak to produce anaesthesia at 1 atmosphere. (05 Mar 2000) |