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

There is likely to be considerable disturbance of sensation, with patches of anesthesia and hyperesthesia, some narrowing of the fields of vision, and anesthesia of the pharynx, sometimes even of the conjunctiva.

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

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)

The seed for much of this emotional hyperesthesia is sown in childhood.

From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)

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