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‖ hyperæsthesia|-ɛs-, -iːsˈθiːsɪə| [mod.L., f. hyper- 5 + Gr. -αισθησία, αἴσθησις perception, feeling.] Path. Excessive and morbid sensitiveness of the nerves or nerve-centres.
1849–52Todd Cycl. Anat. IV. 1184/2 In a case of Hyperæsthesia..the patient could perceive the distinctness of the two points on the foot. 1880M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose I. 415 Hysterical persons, suffering from hyperaesthesia or paraesthesia of the larynx, often erroneously fancy that something is sticking in the part. b. transf. Excessive sensibility or sensitiveness (in general).
1865Lecky Ration. II. 103 note, In sleep, hyperæsthesia of the memory is very common. 1866Alger Solit. Nat. & Man iv. 264 He suffered dreadfully from what may be called social hyperæsthesia, a morbid over-feeling of the relations between himself and others. |