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Noun: hyperesthesia  ,hI-pur-is'thee-zh(ee-)u
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: hyperaesthesia)
  1. (medicine) abnormally increased sensitivity to sensory stimuli such as touch, pain, or temperature
    "Patients with hyperesthesia often find normal touch painful";
    - hyperaesthesia [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: hyperesthesias

Encyclopedia: Hyperesthesia