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Hyperion 
a Titan, son of Uranus and Gaea, later identified with Apollo, from Greek, literally "he who looks from above," from hyper "over, beyond" (see hyper-).
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hyperkinetic (adj.)
1880, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + kinetic. Perhaps immediately from French hyperkinetic (1874). Related: Hyperkinesis (1869); hyperkinesia (1818).
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hyperlink (n.)
by 1987, from hyper- + link (n.).
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hypermnesia (n.)
"unusual power of memory," 1847, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + -mnesia "memory," probably based on amnesia, which is older.
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hyperopia (n.)

"very acute vision," 1861, Modern Latin, from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + Greek ōps "eye" (from PIE root *okw- "to see"), with abstract noun ending. Related: Hyperopic.

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hyperplasia (n.)
1849, from Modern Latin hyperplasia, from hyper- "over, beyond" + -plasia "formation, growth, development." Related: Hyperplastic (adj.).
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hyperpnea (n.)
"panting," 1860, from hyper- "over, beyond, in excess" + ending probably based on older apnea.
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hypersensitive (adj.)
1827, a hybrid from hyper- "over, exceedingly, to excess" + sensitive. Related: Hypersensitivity; hypersensitiveness.
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hypersomnia (n.)

"excessive sleeping or morbid sleepiness," 1863; see hyper- + ending from insomnia. Related: Hypersomniac.

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hyperspace (n.)
1866, in geometry, "imaginary space of more than three dimensions," from hyper- "over, above, beyond" + space (n.). A hybrid; correctly formed it would be superspace.
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