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

By exerting tension on the flexor tendon, by means of passive dorsal flexion of the member, evidence of hyperesthesia may be detected.

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

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.

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)

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