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Hyperpexia
Excessive retention of a substance by tissue.
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Hyperpepsia
Excessive secretion of stomach juice.
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Hyperpathia
Excessive sensitivity to pain. Hypersensitivity to sensory stimuli. Includes hyperesthesia, allodynia, and hyperalgesia.
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Hyperparotidism
Overactivity of the largest of the salivary glands.
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Hyperoxia
Excess oxygen in blood.
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Hyperovaria
Excess ovarian secretion causing sexual precocity. Precocious sexual development in young girls owing to excessive ovarian secretion resulting from unusual and premature ovarian development.
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Hyperosteogeny
Excessive bone development.
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Hyperorexia
Highly increased appetite. Abnormal hunger or markedly increased appetite. This occurs in some patients with diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism, parasitic infections of the gastrointestinal tract, or bulimia. It also may occur as a side effect of some medications, such as steroids.
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Hyperorchidism
Abnormally active testes. Excessive secretion of male hormones, often accompanied by precocious puberty.
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Hyperope
Person with farsightedness.
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