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  • Hyperfibrinogenemia

    An increased amount of fibrinogen in the blood; a possible but unproven risk factor for cardiovascular disease.  

  • Hyperesophoria

    A tendency of the visual axis to deviate upward and inward owing to muscular imbalance; a form of heterophoria.  

  • Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome

    Multisystem injury and organ damage caused by excessive numbers of eosinophils in the body. The disease is one of the myelodysplastic disorders. Almost any organ can be affected, but most patients have bone marrow, cardiac, and central nervous system involvement.  

  • Hyperenzymemia

    Excessive secretion of enzymes, especially the digestive enzymes manufactured by the pancreas.  

  • Reactive hyperemia

    The increased flow of blood into an ischemic tissue area after restoration of blood flow.  

  • Passive hyperemia

    Hyperemia caused by decreased drainage of blood. Congestion caused by a blockage in the venous blood flow, also known as cyanosis.  

  • Bier’s hyperemia

    Passive hyperemia produced by application of an elastic bandage and by suction.  

  • Artificial hyperemia

    Bringing of blood to the superficial tissues by means of counterirritation, such as may be produced by coining, cupping, or acupuncture.  

  • Hyperdynamic

    Overactive or overstimulated; said, for example, of the circulation in cirrhosis, sepsis, and other diseases.  

  • Hyperdefecation

    Increased stool frequency without an increase in stool weight above normal. It may be present in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, hyperthyroidism, or proctitis.  

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