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hyperfunctional

hyperfunctional

8.1
A body part like a gland that works too much
  • adjective
  • /ˌhaɪpərˈfʌŋkʃənl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hiperfuncional
  • People with hyperfunctional adrenal glands may experience increased stress levels and energy surges.
  • hyperfunctional speech
  • hyperfunctional voice
  • hyperfunctional production

Examples

  • Pearson's r was used to assess possible correlations between changes in strain ratings and changes in NIBcoh between hyperfunctional speech and normal speech.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The doctor explained that her hyperfunctional thyroid was causing her to lose weight unexpectedly.

  • The country store is a hyperfunctional socio-spatial site within a multifunctional landscape.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Samples of clear and hyperfunctional speech were further examined in order to ensure true differences in speech production relative to the normal speech condition.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Tasks were ordered as listed, with all participants beginning with static nonspeech maneuvers and ending with hyperfunctional voice tasks.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Production of hyperfunctional voice was hypothesized to lead to decreased NIBcoh, given the findings of Stepp et al. (2010).

    Academic text (2011)
  • Students' t-tests were used to test the hypotheses that samples of speech using hyperfunctional voice had increased strain ratings over those produced using normal speech and that samples of clear speech had reduced mean syllable rate as compared with normal speech.

    Academic text (2011)
  • When participants mimicked hyperfunctional voice during speech production, significantly decreased NIBcoh was found relative to normal speech (padj < .05).

    Academic text (2011)
  • Paired one-sided tests were used to test the hypotheses that NIBcoh during normal speech was higher than during divided attention and hyperfunctional speech, and lower than during static nonspeech and clear speech.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Furthermore, even if the degree of strain in our participants was more like that seen in individuals with vocal hyperfunction, it is very possible that the physiological adjustments they used to mimic hyperfunctional voice may differ from the physiological configuration used by patients with vocal hyperfunction.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

hyperactive
vshyperfunctional
19 4.6

Too full of energy and hard to calm or control

applies that excess to organs or glands rather than general behaviour
hyperfunctioning
vshyperfunctional
  • Specialized
8.1

A condition in which an organ works much more than normal

describes the same excess function but in a descriptive form
hyperenergetic
vshyperfunctional
7.5

Very active and moving around a lot

focuses on abnormal organ or gland activity instead of lively energy

How Active

hyperfunctional
  • Specialized
8.1
overactive
14 4.2
active
664 1.0
inactive
11 2.5

Surface Forms

hyperfunctional positive

Morphology

hyperfunctional = functional (transparent) = hyper + function + al

The meaning is directly compositional: 'hyper-' adds the sense of excessive or abnormally increased activity to 'functional'.

Etymology

The word hyperfunctional comes from hyper- meaning 'too much' and function meaning 'work' or 'activity', the same hyper- you find in hyperactive. So a hyperfunctional organ or gland is literally 'working too much' and is more active than normal.