Hyperfunction (medicine)

In medicine, hyperfunction is an increased activity of an organ , i.e. an overfunction , i. H. an expression or a value above the normal value . The opposite is the hypofunction .

Examples for this are:

• Arterial hypertension : increased blood pressure
• in the thyroid : Marine-Lenhart syndrome , hyperthyroidism in humans, hyperthyroidism in domestic cats
• in the adrenal cortex : Cushing's syndrome in humans, equine Cushing's syndrome in horses

See also

• List of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases according to ICD-10
• Carney complex
• Hypocalcemia

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hyperfunction . Duden German universal dictionary. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2013.