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Hyperestrogenemia

Hyperestrogenemia means having an excessive amount of estrogens in the blood.

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Hypergelast

Hypergelast refers to a person who laughs excessively. In contrast with the word Agelast which refers to someone who never laughs.

Hyperlexia

Hyperlexia is defined as early reading acquisition (decoding ) without adequate comprehension. Hyperlexia is an anomaly exhibited by some children with developmental disorders, such as Autism.

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Hypermnesia

Hypermnesia refers to a process of producing retrieval of memories that seem to have been forgotten

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Hypernyctohemeral syndrome

Hypernyctohemeral syndrome refers to a condition in which the patient's sleep - wake cycle is one of 25-27 hours.

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Hypernymy

Hypernymy refers to a semantic relationship in which a word is a subordinate of another. For example, animal is a hypernym of dog.

Hyperopia

Hyperopia is defined as difficulty focusing on nearby objects (farsightedness). It is a condition causing poor vision in which people can see objects that are far away but do not see near objects clearly. Also called farsightedness.

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Hyperoxia

Hyperoxia refers to oxygen concentration in an inspired gas that exceeds 21%.

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