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- noun uncountable The condition of being
hyperreactive - noun countable An
allergic response to a very low dose of irritant
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Examples
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Though the coke babies were smaller than average, they were free of problems typically blamed on the drug, including gastrointestinal upsets, hyperreactivity and tremors.
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Some people show a delay response to insect bites and some others show an immediate, exacerbated response, sometimes called 'hyperreactivity type 1.
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The Valium, and maybe the whiskey, helped Spider with anxiety in general, but they didn't do much about his hyperreactivity; his startle reflex.
1968 Haldeman, Joe & Fields, Trinity 1984
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The data failed to show an association between long-term marijuana smoking and airflow obstruction (emphysema), as measured by airway hyperreactivity, forced expiratory volume
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Our data clearly show that obesity affects pulmonary function performance in Tunisian women by potentially promoting their bronchial hyperreactivity as suggested by the significant correlation between their BMI and the efficacy of the MCH, as well as its potency.
Naturejobs - All Jobs A Chouchane 2010
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Stock P, Meyer E, Kronenberg M, Sidobre S, et al. (2003) Essential role of NKT cells producing IL-4 and IL-13 in the development of allergen-induced airway hyperreactivity.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jamila Khallou-Laschet et al. 2010
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The data failed to show an association between long-term marijuana smoking and airflow obstruction (emphysema), as measured by airway hyperreactivity, forced expiratory volume
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The data failed to show an association between long-term marijuana smoking and airflow obstruction (emphysema), as measured by airway hyperreactivity, forced expiratory volume
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Severe allergic rhinitis and bronchial hyperreactivity; hypersensitivity to other beta blockers.
IMT Home 2009
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Some investigators have hypothesized that aggressive therapy with anti-inflammatory therapies to improve airway hyperreactivity (above and beyond their effects on conventional parameters of asthma control) may have additional long-term benefits. 10
unknown title 2009
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