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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ὑπέρ

over + [GREEK] sense, perception.]

(Med. & Physiol.)

A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the body, or of a part of it.

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Hyˊper-æs-thet′ic

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Adj.

See also: hyperæsthesia

hyperaesthesia ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hyperaesthesias)