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Definition of Hyperesthesia
1. n. Same as Hyperæsthesia.
Definition of Hyperesthesia
1. Noun. Unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hyperesthesia
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hyperesthesia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hyperesthesia
Literary usage of Hyperesthesia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1903)
"hyperesthesia of the Nails.—Oppenheim reports three cases characterized by
extraordinary sensibility of the finger-nails so that even slight mechanical ..."
2. A Treatise on diseases of the skin for advanced students and practitioners by Henry Weightman Stelwagon (1916)
"hyperesthesia is usually unaccompanied by any local change of temperature. ...
Occasionally cases of hyperesthesia present themselves in which it is ..."
3. Diseases of the Rectum and Anus: Designed for Students and Practitioners of by Samuel Goodwin Gant (1902)
"Rectal hyperesthesia occurs in both sexes. It is more common in women than in men,
... Constipation seems to be the most common cause of hyperesthesia of ..."
4. Human Psychology by Howard Crosby Warren (1919)
"hyperesthesia and Anesthesia. — In comparing the same individual's ... Stimulants
similarly applied produce local and general hyperesthesia respectively. ..."
5. Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines by Robert Coleman Kemp (1910)
"The latter is probably due in many cases to hyperesthesia and the tra mission of the
... hyperesthesia OF THE STOMACH its, This consists in an increased ..."
6. The Diseases of the Stomach by William Ward Van Valzah, James Douglas Nisbet (1898)
"Like gastralgia, hyperesthesia may be only a symptom or it may be a primary
affection of the ... The disease is analogous to hyperesthesia of the skin, ..."
7. Modern ophthalmology by James Moores Ball (1908)
"hyperesthesia of the retina may be a forerunner of serious organic optic-nerve
... The diagnosis of retinal hyperesthesia must be determined by exclusion. ..."
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