Definition of hypersensitivity in English:
hypersensitivity
nounˌhʌɪpəˌsɛnsɪˈtɪvɪtiˌhaɪpərˌsɛnsəˈtɪvədi
mass noun1Extreme physical sensitivity to particular substances or conditions.
hypersensitivity to common chemicals
Example sentencesExamples
- Personnel can perform diagnostic tests to confirm the diagnosis of latex hypersensitivity.
- The mechanism would appear most likely to be a rare allergic hypersensitivity and not direct toxicity.
- Hay fever is a hypersensitivity to pollen from various plants.
- Some experts recommend antihistamine therapy for mild to moderate hypersensitivity reactions.
- Metallic gold rarely causes hypersensitivity, but organic gold compounds used to treat rheumatoid arthritis do.
- Animal models suggest spontaneous inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa is caused by a combination of factors, with an initiating event such as a viral infection or hypersensitivity to food.
- It is possible that factors in patients' diet or lifestyle may make them more vulnerable to hypersensitivity reactions to some herbs.
- A 2006 study of twins gave evidence that hypersensitivity to noise and touch have a strong genetic component.
- At higher doses, caffeine blocks a majority of adenosine receptors and can produce anxiety and hypersensitivity to pain.
- Inactivated influenza vaccine should not be given to persons known to have anaphylactic hypersensitivity to eggs or other components of the vaccine without consulting a physician first.
2A tendency to be easily hurt, worried, or offended.
hypersensitivity to criticism
Example sentencesExamples
- The result is a hypersensitivity among the press to charges of bias.
- The delicate interventions that he applies to each of his pieces convey a hypersensitivity to materials and an attention to texture.
- With the hypersensitivity of the upwardly mobile, he feels the language of the court is "too high" for a liveryman yet secretly hopes his children will master.
- Despite her hypersensitivity to his sentimental confessions, Esther is moved by his insistence that she "obey the law that is the meaning and the content of her life."
- The idiotic hypersensitivity of the media continues to search for new and stupid things to take offense at.
- His firing of Smith reflects his hypersensitivity on the issue.
- I am just showing the hypersensitivity of a child whose parents are getting a divorce but who are still living under the same roof.
- I think that hypersensitivity to wording choices in a story like this does a real disservice to readers.
- The hypersensitivity of certain characters to language in this play betrays their desire to mark social status linguistically.
- The diplomat's remarks reveal the acute awareness of image that Germans took on after World War II - a hypersensitivity to world opinion that is as unlike brash American insouciance as, well, defeat is to victory.
Definition of hypersensitivity in US English:
hypersensitivity
nounˌhīpərˌsensəˈtivədēˌhaɪpərˌsɛnsəˈtɪvədi
1Extreme physical sensitivity to particular substances or conditions.
hypersensitivity to common chemicals
Example sentencesExamples
- A 2006 study of twins gave evidence that hypersensitivity to noise and touch have a strong genetic component.
- Inactivated influenza vaccine should not be given to persons known to have anaphylactic hypersensitivity to eggs or other components of the vaccine without consulting a physician first.
- Metallic gold rarely causes hypersensitivity, but organic gold compounds used to treat rheumatoid arthritis do.
- Personnel can perform diagnostic tests to confirm the diagnosis of latex hypersensitivity.
- The mechanism would appear most likely to be a rare allergic hypersensitivity and not direct toxicity.
- Animal models suggest spontaneous inflammation of the gastrointestinal mucosa is caused by a combination of factors, with an initiating event such as a viral infection or hypersensitivity to food.
- Hay fever is a hypersensitivity to pollen from various plants.
- It is possible that factors in patients' diet or lifestyle may make them more vulnerable to hypersensitivity reactions to some herbs.
- Some experts recommend antihistamine therapy for mild to moderate hypersensitivity reactions.
- At higher doses, caffeine blocks a majority of adenosine receptors and can produce anxiety and hypersensitivity to pain.
2A tendency to be easily hurt, worried, or offended.
hypersensitivity to criticism
Example sentencesExamples
- The result is a hypersensitivity among the press to charges of bias.
- I think that hypersensitivity to wording choices in a story like this does a real disservice to readers.
- The idiotic hypersensitivity of the media continues to search for new and stupid things to take offense at.
- The hypersensitivity of certain characters to language in this play betrays their desire to mark social status linguistically.
- I am just showing the hypersensitivity of a child whose parents are getting a divorce but who are still living under the same roof.
- His firing of Smith reflects his hypersensitivity on the issue.
- The delicate interventions that he applies to each of his pieces convey a hypersensitivity to materials and an attention to texture.
- The diplomat's remarks reveal the acute awareness of image that Germans took on after World War II - a hypersensitivity to world opinion that is as unlike brash American insouciance as, well, defeat is to victory.
- Despite her hypersensitivity to his sentimental confessions, Esther is moved by his insistence that she "obey the law that is the meaning and the content of her life."
- With the hypersensitivity of the upwardly mobile, he feels the language of the court is "too high" for a liveryman yet secretly hopes his children will master.