Hypersensitivity

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hypersensitivity
       n 1: pathological sensitivity
       2: extreme sensitivity

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "hypersensitivity":
     allergy, anaphylaxis, considerateness, delicacy, empathy,
     exquisiteness, fineness, hairsplitting, hypercriticism,
     hyperesthesia, hyperpathia, hypersensitiveness, identification,
     irritability, morbid sensibility, nervousness,
     overconscientiousness, overcriticalness, overfastidiousness,
     overmeticulousness, overniceness, overnicety, overparticularity,
     overrefinement, overscrupulousness, oversensibility,
     oversensitiveness, oversensitivity, oversqueamishness,
     overtenderness, passibility, perceptiveness, perceptivity,
     photophobia, prickliness, responsiveness, sensitiveness,
     sensitivity, sensitization, soreness, supersensitivity, sympathy,
     tact, tactfulness, temperamentalness, tenderness, tetchiness,
     thin skin, ticklishness, touchiness