hyperaesthesia
[hahy-per-uh s-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
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hyperesthesia
or hy·per·aes·the·sia
[hahy-per-uh s-thee-zhuh, -zhee-uh, -zee-uh]
- an abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
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Compare hypesthesia.
Origin of hyperesthesia
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It may be accounted a form of hyperaesthesia and no doubt has a nervous expression, but it is not the less psychic in its origin.
Second SightSepharial
The reaction from the battle-field produced a condition of hyperaesthesia in which all the theatrical values were altered.
Heartbreak HouseGeorge Bernard Shaw
hyperaesthesia
US hyperesthesia
- pathol increased sensitivity of any of the sense organs, esp of the skin to cold, heat, pain, etc
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hyperesthesia
- pathol the usual US spelling of hyperaesthesia
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hyperaesthesia
(hī′pər-ĭs-thē′zhə)- Variant ofhyperesthesia
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hyperesthesia
- An abnormal or pathological increase in sensitivity to sensory stimuli, as of the skin to touch or the ear to sound.oxyesthesia
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