Hyperaesthesia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hyperaesthesia \Hy`per*[ae]s*the"si*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "ype`r
     over + ? sense, perception.] (Med. & Physiol.)
     A state of exalted or morbidly increased sensibility of the
     body, or of a part of it. -- {Hy`per*[ae]s*thet"ic}, a.
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