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- hyperdrive (n.)



[hyperdrive 词源字典] - by 1955, an invented word of science fiction writers to describe anything that can power a space craft faster than the speed of light. See hyper- + drive (n.).[hyperdrive etymology, hyperdrive origin, 英语词源]
- hyperextend (v.)




- 1863, from hyper- + extend. Related: Hyperextended; hyperextending.
- hyperglycemia (n.)




- 1875, from hyper- "over" + glycemia "presence of sugar in the blood."
- hyperinflation (n.)




- 1930 in the economic sense, from hyper- + inflation. Earlier as a medical term in treatment of lung diseases.
- Hyperion




- a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, later identified with Apollo, from Greek, literally "he who looks from above."
- hyperkinetic (adj.)




- 1880, from hyper- + kinetic. Perhaps immediately from French hyperkinetic (1874). Related: Hyperkinesis.
- hyperlink (n.)




- by 1987, from hyper- + link (n.).
- hyperopia (n.)




- 1884, Modern Latin, from hyper- + Greek ops "eye" (see eye).
- hyperplasia (n.)




- 1861, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- + -plasia.
- hypersensitive (adj.)




- 1827, a hybrid from hyper- + sensitive. Related: Hypersensitivity.
- hyperspace (n.)




- "space of more than three dimensions," 1867, from hyper- + space (n.). A hybrid; correctly formed it would be superspace.
- hypertension (n.)




- 1863, from hyper- + tension. Originally in medical use; of emotions or nerves, from 1936.
- hypertext (n.)




- 1969, from hyper- + text (n.).
- hyperthermia (n.)




- 1878, medical Latin, from hyper- + Greek therme "heat" (see thermal) + abstract noun ending -ia.
- hyperthyroidism (n.)




- 1895, from hyper- + thyroid + -ism.
- hypertonic




- 1855, from hyper- + tonic. Related: Hypertonia; hypertonicity.
- hypertrophy (n.)




- 1821, from hyper- + Greek -trophe "nourishment" (see -trophy). Related: Hypertrophic.
- hyperventilate (v.)




- "breathe deeply and rapidly," 1931, from hyper- + ventilate. Related: Hyperventilated; hyperventilating.
- hyperventilation (n.)




- 1907, from hyper- + ventilation. Earlier as a type of treatment for lung diseases.
- hypervigilance (n.)




- 1917, from hyper- + vigilance. Related: Hypervigilant.