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• a variation of hyperesthesia.

hyperaesthesia

British  

/ ˌhaɪpəriːsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

1. pathol increased sensitivity of any of the sense organs, esp of the skin to cold, heat, pain, etc

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Other Word Forms

• hyperaesthetic
  adjective

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hyperaesthesia

But hyperaesthesia sometimes spreads to the upper cheek.

From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by John William Harris

He advised, with many words and much kind intent, that Pat be muzzled until the "hyperaesthesia" did or did not develop.

From Starr, of the Desert by B. M. Bower

Only by lowering the excitability of the nervous system, by occupying the mind and giving strength to the child's powers of control can we effectively combat the hyperaesthesia.

From The Nervous Child by Hector Charles Cameron

All we have to remember is that these things are psychic in their origin, and not ignorantly confound sensation with consciousness, or hyperaesthesia with the various psychopathic faculties we have been discussing.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial

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