hyperpneumaticity

English

Etymology

From hyper- +‎ pneumaticity.

Noun

hyperpneumaticity (uncountable)

1. The condition of being hyperpneumatic
   • 2015 December 19, “Vertebral Pneumaticity in the Ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus (Dinosauria: Theropoda) Revealed by Computed Tomography Imaging and Reappraisal of Axial Pneumaticity in Ornithomimosauria”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     We regard this account as strong evidence of the presence of pneumaticity in Deinocheirus, which is clearly unlike the condition in other ornithomimosaurs, and might represent the evolution of hyperpneumaticity associated with giant body size [17 ].