||Hy`perp*nú"a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r over + &?;, &?;, breath.]
||(Physiol.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient
||arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnúa. See
||Eupnúa, and Dispnúa.
||Hy`per*py*rex"i*a (?), n. [NL. See Hyper-, and Pyrexia.] (Med.) A
||condition of excessive fever; an elevation of temperature in a
||disease, in excess of the limit usually observed in that disease.
Hy`per*se*cre"tion (?), n. (Med.) Morbid or excessive secretion, as in
catarrh.
Hy`per*sen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. See HyperÊsthesia.
Hy"per*space (-sps), n. [Pref. hyper- + space.] (Geom.) An imagined
space having more than three dimensions.
Hy"per*sthene (h"pr*sthn), n. [Gr. "ype`r over + sqe`nos strength: cf.
F. hyperstËne.] (Min.) An orthorhombic mineral of the pyroxene group,
of a grayish or greenish black color, often with a peculiar bronzelike
luster (schiller) on the cleavage surface.
Hy`per*sthen"ic (?), a. (Min.) Composed of, or containing, hypersthene.
Hy`per*thet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. &?;; "ype`r over + tiqe`nai to place.]
Exaggerated; excessive; hyperbolical. [Obs.]
Hyperthetical or superlative . . . expression.
Chapman.
||Hy`per*thyr"i*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;; "ype`r over + &?; door.]
||(Arch.) That part of the architrave which is over a door or window.
{ 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.
Hy*per"tro*phied (?), a. (Med. & Biol.) Excessively developed;
characterized by hypertrophy.
Hy*per"tro*phy (?), n. [Gr. "ype`r over, beyond + &?; nourishment, fr.
&?; to nourish: cf. F. hypertrophie.] (Med. & Biol.) A condition of
overgrowth or excessive development of an organ or part; -- the
opposite of atrophy.
||Hy"phÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. "yfh` 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 found enveloping the
||gonidia of lichens, making up a large part of their structure.
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 line which
terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried
to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in
fine- leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the
syllables of words.
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.
Hy"phen*a`ted (?), a. United by hyphens; hyphened; as, a hyphenated or
hyphened word.
||Hy`pho*my*ce"tes (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; a web + &?;, &?;, a
||mushroom.] (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.
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. --
Hy*pid`i*o*mor"phic*al*ly (#), adv.
||Hyp`i*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; under + &?;, &?; strength,
||fiber.] (Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in
||the blood.
Hyp`na*gog"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; sleep + &?; a carrying away.] Leading to
sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.
Hyp"no*bate (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. &?; sleep + &?; to go.] A
somnambulist. [R.]
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 of drought or deficiency of food.
In some instances, a process of spore formation seems to occur within
such cysts.
Hyp`no*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; sleep + root of &?; to be born.]
(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 hypnotic sleep. De Watteville.
Hyp*nol"o*gist (?), n. One who is versed in hypnology.
Hyp*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. &?; sleep + -logy.] A treatise on sleep; the
doctrine of sleep.
||Hyp*no"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; sleep.] (Med.) Supervention of
||sleep.
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 quality of producing
sleep; tending to produce sleep; soporific.
2. Of or pertaining to hypnotism; in a state of hypnotism; liable to
hypnotism; as, a hypnotic condition.
Hyp*not"ic, n. 1. Any agent that produces, or tends to produce, sleep;
an opiate; a soporific; a narcotic.