hypenidæ

pl. [Mod. Lat. hypen (a); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ide.] Entom.: A family of moths, group Pyralid in a. Antenne in male generally ciliated or pubescent; palpi rather long, ascending; anterior legs not tufted; wings broad, anterior ones often with tufts of raised scales. Larva long, with fourteen legs. thy-per, s. [An abbreviation of hypercritic (q. v.).] A critic or criticism upon a critic or criticism; a hypercritic. "Crities I 13ad on other men, And hypers upon them again." Prior: To Fleet wood Shepheard, Esq. hy-per-, pref . [Lat., from Gr. hyper =above, beyond; cogn. with Lat. super =above, beyond.] 1. Ord . Lang .: A common prefix used to denote exce or superabundance. #2. Chem. Now replaced by the prefix per- (q. v.). hy-per-æ-mi-a, s. [Pref. hyper-, and Gr. haima =blood.] Pathol.: Plethora or fullne of blood. The whole ma of the blood is increased to a variable extent. The face is full and turgid, with a purplish tinge. There is a tendency to la itude and sleep. Called also polyæmia. hy-per-æ-mic, adj. [HYPEREMIA.] Suffering from or affected with hyperæmia. hy-per-æs-the-sis, hy-per-as-the-si-a, s. [Gr. hyper =above, beyond, and a is thesis =perception, sensation.] (ESTHESIA.] Pathol.: Increased sensibility of various ti ues, often a symptom of hysteria. When it affects the skin, the electric brush, with faradic currents, is useful. "The condition termed hyperæsthesia or exce ive sensibility." -Carpenter: Mental Physiology , § 136. hy-per-a-poph-ỹ-sēş, s. pl. [Pref. hyper-, and Eng. apophyses.] Compar . Anat .: Proce es in the vertebræ extending from one vertebra to another. Not found in man. *hy-per-as-çět'-Ic, a . [Pref. hyper- , and Eng. ascetic.] Immoderately ascetic; carrying ascetic teaching or penitential practices to undue lengths. which follow."-Blunt: Dict. of Sects (1874), p. 193. "The error is connected with the hyper ascetic errors *hy-per-as-pist, s. [Gr. hyper asp istēs , from hy peraspizo =to cover or protect with a shield; hyper over, and aspis a shield.] One who protects or de fends another with a shield; a defender, a protector. "I appeal to any indifferent reader, whether C. M. be not by his hyper asp ist forsaken in the plain field."- Chil ling worth : Religion of Protestants , pt. 1., ch. i.