Etymograph

English

hyperosmolality

From hyper- + osmolality.

Formed from hyper- + osmolality

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *upér ‘over, above’

Proto-Hellenic *hupér

Ancient Greek ὑπέρ ‘over’

English hyper-

Today it means

noun An unusually high osmolality, especially in any bodily fluid

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