hyperesthesia
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of hyperesthesia
First recorded in 1840–50; hyper- + esthesia ( def. )
Example Sentences
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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
I put it to you over the home-plate that the idea of a cooperative commonwealth and an abolishment of competitive systems simply takes the rag off the bush and gives me hyperesthesia of the roopteetoop!
From Whirligigs by Henry, O.
If hyperesthesia is well marked local anodynes may be needed to relieve suffering.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
In many cases there is marked hyperesthesia, or irritable weakness.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
Neuroses of the skin consist in augmentation of sensibility or hyperesthesia and diminution of sensibility or anesthesia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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