Definitions
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- noun any
heightened immune response to anantigen ; anallergy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun extreme sensitivity
- noun pathological sensitivity
Etymologies
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Examples
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Type I, immediate anaphylactic hypersensitivity is characterised by the production of IgE antibodies against foreign proteins (Platts-Mills 2002).
Archive 2006-03-01 Steve Carper 2006
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Type I, immediate anaphylactic hypersensitivity is characterised by the production of IgE antibodies against foreign proteins (Platts-Mills 2002).
The Different Types of Dairy Allergy Steve Carper 2006
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Paranoid personality, characterized by hypersensitivity, rigidity, suspiciousness, feelings of envy and jealousy, excessive self-importance, and a tendency to blame others, has been proposed as the trait underlying paranoid states 439, 506.
The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
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After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.
Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010
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Roche said it suspended all Phase III clinical trials for taspoglutide due to side effects such as hypersensitivity and said it will work on an improved dosage.
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After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.
Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010
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After Schlessinger aired a rant about race and what she called racial "hypersensitivity," which lasted nearly six minutes, and included eleven fully articulated, uncensored instances of the N-word, it wasn't the FCC that came down on her.
Rashad Robinson: Censorship? You Can't Be Sirius Rashad Robinson 2010
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They've seen this "hypersensitivity" before and they've seen what happens - so what makes their attempt any different?
GOP Piles On Saltsman For "Magic Negro" CD, Blackwell Defends Him 2009
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In these 'hypersensitivity' diseases, the immune system is over-responding.
Makers Of Potential Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine Forced To Quit UK Thatsnews 2009
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In these 'hypersensitivity' diseases, the immune system is over-responding.
Archive 2009-03-01 Thatsnews 2009
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