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Hyper and Hypo Vocabulary Words

Based on a definition, can you guess these words that start with HYPER or HYPO?
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First submittedSeptember 13, 2011
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Hyper Words
Excitable; fidgety
Hyperactive
Breathe too quickly
Hyperventilate
Exaggeration
Hyperbole
Rapid increase in prices
Hyperinflation
High blood pressure
Hypertension
Engine that propels a ship faster
than the speed of light
Hyperdrive
Largest type of star
Hypergiant
Content of a web document
Hypertext
To bend a joint beyond
normal range
Hyperextend
Inhabitant of the far north
Hyperborean
Hypo Words
Scientific conjecture
Hypothesis
Abnormally low body temperature
Hypothermia
Relating to low air pressure
Hypobaric
One who suffers from imaginary illnesses
Hypochondriac
One who does not practice what
he preaches
Hypocrite
Oxygen deprivation
Hypoxia
Below the skin
Hypodermic
Low blood sugar
Hypoglycemia
Longest side of a right triangle
Hypotenuse
Unlikely to cause irritation, in
cosmetics marketing
Hypoallergenic
46 Comments
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Level 61
Sep 14, 2011
I've only heard of Hypoxia because I took EMT class. =P But yeah, I got 14/20 as well.
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Level 57
May 18, 2022
I've watched videos about people dying on Everest, so that's how I knew
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Level 81
Jan 15, 2013
Technically hyperinflation is the rapid devaluation of currency. Things aren't getting more expensive but the paper you use to pay for those things is worth a lot less day-to-day or in true cases of hyperinflation, hour-by-hour. Also, not all content in a web document is hypertext. That refers only to the text that has a web link embedded in the text.
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Level 85
Jul 21, 2014
I've been to Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq, and I can say without hyperbole that this is a million times worse than all of them put together.
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Level 81
Sep 15, 2014
What is? Taking quizzes on jetpunk?
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Level 80
Mar 9, 2020
Makes no sense.
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Level 57
Mar 9, 2020
What?
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Level 71
May 17, 2022
The comment is even weirder when you pull up kitshef's map and see that they haven't been to any of the countries they mentioned.
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Level 56
May 17, 2022
He means up how hard this quiz is
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Level 62
May 18, 2022
Quality humour - I get it, at least....
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Level 82
Jan 23, 2024
Kent Brockman :)
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Level 55
Sep 16, 2014
Hyperspace should work for hyperdrive. There are more works of science fiction which mention the former than the latter.
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Level 72
Apr 26, 2018
But hyperspace is not a type of engine.
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Level 72
Mar 9, 2020
Maybe he intended to type hyperspeed or something?
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Level 91
May 17, 2022
I thought of hyperspeed first. Not sure why hyperspace is accepted.
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Level 22
Sep 16, 2014
I wish I was high on potenuse
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Level 77
Apr 18, 2015
content of a web site could also be a hyperlink?
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Level 86
Apr 27, 2015
Hyperlink refers to the address, or "the way to get there" - not the actual content.
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Level 69
Oct 18, 2018
Actually, "hyperlink" just refers to the link *to* the address (or, put another way, the link containing the address). The address itself would be a URL.
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Level 91
Sep 23, 2016
Hypodermal should be an acceptable answer.
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Level 65
Jun 27, 2017
Technically, "hyperflex" is to bend a joint beyond normal range. "Hyperextend" is to straighten a joint beyond normal range (or to bend it in the opposite direction from which it is intended to bend).
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Level 69
Oct 18, 2018
As an unwitting expert in this subject area (I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome; feel free to look it up!), I can confirm that jd2001wizard is completely correct. Because I knew what you meant I eventually got it, but not after trying the correct answer, "hyperflex". I'd ask that you'd change "bend" to "straighten" in the clue, but if not, would you at least accept the correct answer? (And it'd be best if the right answer would be the one displayed too, technically making "hyperextend" just an alternative answer. But since hyperextension is so much more common a health problem, wouldn't it just be nicer to change the clue instead? {Insert sweetly beseaching, eyelash-batting smile here.}
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Level 72
Oct 8, 2019
I didnt understand why hypermobile was not accepted at first, got hyperextend later. I most likely have ehlers danlos aswell. (definitely hypermobile and a lot of other symptoms related to joints and ligaments, plus I can get bruises from simply sitting on a chair or leaning against a table,)
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Level ∞
Dec 10, 2019
Hyperflex will work now.
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Level 59
Mar 27, 2018
how about hypertensive for high blood pressure? Thanks!
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Level 69
Oct 18, 2018
Wrong part of speech.
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Level 82
Nov 14, 2018
suggest allowing hypoglycaemia as alternative spelling (more common in UK)
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Level ∞
Dec 10, 2019
That will work now, thanks.
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Level 72
Oct 8, 2019
Bah I tried borealism borealic borealistic (and a few more I think) Did get hyperbaric though, and somehow had a brainfreeze, could not for the life of me think of hyper tension untill the like 20 seconds before time was up.
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Level 57
Mar 9, 2020
I tried 'hyperactivity' but never 'hyperactive'
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Level 71
Mar 9, 2020
Wait, where is hyppopotamus ?
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Level 80
Mar 10, 2020
Underwater?
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Level 31
Mar 9, 2020
hyperventilation should be allowed
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Level 69
Mar 11, 2020
Damn! I spelt it 'barric'. Only one I missed.
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Level 63
May 17, 2022
I’m wondering how high “hypertension” will get today, now it’s the reason this quiz is on the front page. 🧐🤔
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Level 35
May 17, 2022
Hyperborea is a cool as hell answer, thank you quizman
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Level 87
May 17, 2022
Could have sworn it was hyperboreal. One letter, dang it!
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Level 80
May 17, 2022
Hyperpnea a medical condition of rapid breathing should be

an acceptable answer for breathe too quickly.

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Level 71
May 17, 2022
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hyperboreal

Could hyperboreal be accepted?

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Level 62
May 18, 2022
Surely an inhabitant of the far north is a hypereskimo.
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Level 57
May 18, 2022
I'm surprised so few people got Hypoxia and Hypergiant!
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Level 62
May 18, 2022
Very surprised that hyperborean was correct, I guess I can be proud now.
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Level 58
May 19, 2022
Hypodermic does not really mean below the skin, that's subcuteneous. The only context in which it is used medically is for hypodermic needle and even in this setting it's an archaic usage that is being discouraged. In terms of doing operations, like cutting thru skin or obtaining a biopsy it's always subcuteneous.
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Level 66
Aug 16, 2023
Aw, no [HYPERLINK BLOCKED]?
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Level 47
Oct 26, 2023
I knew hypoxia because my mum is currently in medical school 🙂
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Level 84
Jun 26, 2024
Can't wait to be treated by Dr. Sarah VI