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hypermobile

hypermobile adjective: exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.

Adjective

hypermobile (comparative more hypermobile, superlative most hypermobile)

  1. Exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.
    • If you're hypermobile, meaning you have an increased range of movement in a body part, be careful not to overstretch your joints and avoid repetitive exercises, which can lead to pain.2023 March 20, Rebecca Gillam, Bridie Wilkins, “Alexandra Daddario and her PT on how she built her Baywatch bod + her 10 regular workout rules”, in Women's Health
  2. (informal) Excessively mobile.
    • No. The P.D.A., the cellphone and the computer did not usher in our hypermobile, split-focus, cybercentric culture.2008 June 22, “Fighting a War Against Distraction”, in New York Times

Forms of hypermobile

comparativemore hypermobile
superlativemost hypermobile

Origin of hypermobile

From hyper- + mobile.

Questions about hypermobile

What does hypermobile mean?
Hypermobile means exhibiting hypermobility; able to move further than usual, as of joints.
What part of speech is hypermobile?
Hypermobile is an adjective.

Words near hypermobile in the dictionary

  1. hypermnesia
  2. hypermnesias
  3. hypermnesic
  4. hypermnesis
  5. hypermnestic
  6. hypermobile
  7. hypermobilities
  8. hypermobility
  9. hypermodern
  10. hypermodernism
  11. hypermodernist

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