hyperesthesia

American  

[hahy-per-uhs-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh] / ˌhaɪ pər əsˈθi ʒə, -ʒi ə, -zi ə /

Or hyperaesthesia

noun

Pathology.

1. an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.

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hyperesthesia British  

/ ˌhaɪpəriːsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

1. pathol the usual US spelling of hyperaesthesia

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Other Word Forms

• hyperesthetic adjective

Etymology

Origin of hyperesthesia

First recorded in 1840–50; hyper- + esthesia ( def. )

Example Sentences

All these clothes help the celeb pet deal with her feline hyperesthesia, a condition that involves an abnormal increase in the sensitivity to different stimuli.

From Time • Feb. 21, 2015

Three years later, Krafft-Ebing, toward the close of his life, adopted the same conception; the cases to which he applied it were all, he considered, of bisexual disposition and usually, also, marked by sexual hyperesthesia.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock

There was a distinct zone of slight hyperesthesia about as wide as the hand above the femoral trochanters.

From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall

Upon manipulation of the patellar region, one is impressed with the fact that hyperesthesia does not exist in proportion to the pain manifested during locomotion.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

There are likely to be spots of hyperesthesia or hypesthesia or even complete anesthesia somewhere on the skin.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)