hyperesthesia
noun
an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
hyperesthetic
-
a word derived from
hyperesthesia.
Example Sentences
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Under these influences boys and girls feel the purest and simplest sentiments in a hyperesthetic manner.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
In those "hyperesthetic" conditions which chronic invalidism so often brings in its train, the dam has changed its normal place.
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
We here see described, in an unduly precocious and hyperesthetic form, ideas and feelings which, in a slighter and more fragmentary shape, may be paralleled in the early experiences of many normal men and women.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Havelock Ellis
