Category: H
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Hyperphosphatasia
Excess of phosphatase, an enzyme.
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Hyperphoria
Upward turning of eye when eyes are not working together. A tendency of one eye to turn upward. A condition where the eyes are misaligned, with the visual axis of one eye being either higher or lower than the other.
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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.