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hyperaesthesia

hyperaesthesia is the alternative spelling of hyperesthesia.

Meaning of hyperesthesia

Noun

hyperesthesia (countable and uncountable, plural hyperesthesias)

  1. Unusual or pathological sensitivity of the skin or of a particular sense.
    • "There are zones of marked hyper-æsthesia on his limbs. His visual field and pupillary reaction is normal."1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

Forms of hyperaesthesia

pluralhyperaesthesias

Origin of hyperaesthesia

From hyper- + -aesthesia.

Questions about hyperaesthesia

What is hyperaesthesia the alternative spelling of?
Hyperaesthesia is the alternative spelling of hyperesthesia.

Words near hyperaesthesia in the dictionary

  1. hyperaemic
  2. hyperaeolism
  3. hyperaeolisms
  4. hyperaerated
  5. hyperaeration
  6. hyperaesthesia
  7. hyperaesthesias
  8. hyperaesthetic
  9. hyperaffective
  10. hyperaffectivity
  11. hyperaged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hyperaesthesia (page history and authors); hyperesthesia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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