hyperactive
[hahy-per-ak-tiv]
- unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- (of children) displaying exaggerated physical activity sometimes associated with neurologic or psychologic causes.
- hyperkinetic.
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Origin of hyperactive
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Contemporary Examples
Following an all too predictable cycle of the hyperactive 21st century, focus on the explosion was ephemeral.
Now, a new therapy might have these women filling up the same prescriptions as their hyperactive grandchildren.
She suggested he was hyperactive and that he cannot sit still in class.
He did get his 15 minutes, however, which is a long time in the non-stop, hyperactive world of 4chan.
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Ritalin drives dopamine up in hyperactive children, and their activity decreases.
Historical Examples
We must stimulate the apathetic and the sluggish; we must moderate the hyperactive; we must correct paresis, tics, etc.
Montessori Elementary MaterialsMaria Montessori
In hyperactive children the arms must first be restrained by holding them tight in our hands.
Montessori Elementary MaterialsMaria Montessori
hyperactive
- abnormally active
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Word Origin and History for hyperactive
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hyperactive
(hī′pər-ăk′tĭv)- Highly or excessively active, as a gland.
- Having behavior characterized by constant overactivity.
- Afflicted with attention deficit disorder.
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