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hypersensitivities

hypersensitivities is the plural of hypersensitivity.

Meaning of hypersensitivity

Noun

hypersensitivity (countable and uncountable, plural hypersensitivities)

  1. Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation.
  2. The state of being easily offended or hurt.
    • "I might say," remarked Professor Richet, "that the hyper-sensibility is moral as well as physical. Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts."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

Phrases with hypersensitivities

Questions about hypersensitivities

What is hypersensitivities the plural of?
Hypersensitivities is the plural of hypersensitivity.

Words near hypersensitivities in the dictionary

  1. hypersensitising
  2. hypersensitive
  3. hypersensitive avoidant
  4. hypersensitively
  5. hypersensitiveness
  6. hypersensitivities
  7. hypersensitivity
  8. hypersensitization
  9. hypersensitize
  10. hypersensitized
  11. hypersensitizes

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