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hyperexcitability

hyperexcitability noun: hyperactivity.

Noun

hyperexcitability (uncountable)

  1. hyperactivity
  2. Excessive sensitivity of the nerves.
    • He concluded that hunger pains in ulcer cases are not due to hunger contractions per se, but to hyperexcitability of the sensory nerves in the stomach wall.1920, American Medicine - Volume 26, page 424

Origin of hyperexcitability

From hyper- + excitability.

Questions about hyperexcitability

What does hyperexcitability mean?
Hyperexcitability means hyperactivity.
What part of speech is hyperexcitability?
Hyperexcitability is a noun.

Words near hyperexcitability in the dictionary

  1. hyperevolved
  2. hyperexaggerate
  3. hyperexaggerated
  4. hyperexaggerates
  5. hyperexaggerating
  6. hyperexcitability
  7. hyperexcitable
  8. hyperexcitablity
  9. hyperexcitably
  10. hyperexcitation
  11. hyperexcitations

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