Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An abnormal or pathological increase in sensitivity to sensory stimuli, as of the skin to touch or the ear to sound.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
hyperæsthesia .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
hyperæsthesia .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense.
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Examples
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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.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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It’s called hyperesthesia, and one of my cats suffers from it.
Video: Kitteh Vs. The Tail - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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It is, he says, a kind of hyperesthesia in the use of language.
Chapter 11. American Slang. 1. Its Origin and Nature Henry Louis 1921
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It is true that under the conditions we are considering there may be an extreme sensitiveness to stimuli not usually felt as of sexual character, a kind of hyperesthesia; but hyperesthesia, it has well been said, is nothing but the beginning of anesthesia. [
Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Havelock Ellis 1899
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This is obviously a cat having an episode of feline hyperesthesia.
Video: Kitteh Vs. The Tail - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Cats afflicted with hyperesthesia and intense skin allergies may exhibit symptoms elicited by even the softest touch, including strange skin ripples or seizurelike episodes of frantic racing, panic, or biting at the air.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Skin allergies can be one cause of hyperesthesia, a condition in which the nerves of the back appear overstimulated.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Skin allergies can be one cause of hyperesthesia, a condition in which the nerves of the back appear overstimulated.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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Cats afflicted with hyperesthesia and intense skin allergies may exhibit symptoms elicited by even the softest touch, including strange skin ripples or seizurelike episodes of frantic racing, panic, or biting at the air.
The Last Chance Dog D.V.M. Donna Kelleher 2003
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By exerting tension on the flexor tendon, by means of passive dorsal flexion of the member, evidence of hyperesthesia may be detected.
Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 John Victor Lacroix
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An abnormally acute sense of pain, heat, cold, or touch; algesia.
May 17, 2008