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Hyperaesthesia

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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n. (alternative spelling of hyperesthesia English)

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The reaction from the battle-field produced a condition of hyperaesthesia in which all the theatrical values were altered.