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
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
This condition persisted apparently for five years more, by the end of which time the anesthesia had turned into a hyperesthesia.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
Where the sensibility of a part is increased the condition is known as hyperesthesia, and where it is lost—that is, where there is no feeling or knowledge of pain—the condition is known as anesthesia.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
There was a distinct zone of slight hyperesthesia about as wide as the hand above the femoral trochanters.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
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