Usually means: Excessive extension beyond normal range.
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  1. hyperextension: Merriam-Webster
  2. hyperextension: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hyperextension: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hyperextension: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hyperextension: Vocabulary.com
  6. hyperextension: Wordnik
  7. hyperextension: Wiktionary
  8. hyperextension: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hyperextension: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. hyperextension: Dictionary.com
  11. Hyperextension (exercise), Hyperextension: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. hyperextension: Rhymezone
  13. hyperextension: FreeDictionary.org
  14. hyperextension: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. hyperextension: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. hyperextension: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  5. hyperextension: Medical dictionary
  6. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hyperextension)

noun:  The extension of a joint beyond its normal range; the condition of being hyperextended.
noun:  An exercise performed by lying on the stomach, ideally inclined upwards as on a Roman chair to reach a higher range of motion, and raising and lowering the upper torso.

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