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overarousal

overarousal noun: excessive arousal.

Noun

overarousal (uncountable)

  1. excessive arousal
    • In every such patient I found a sort of triad or tryptich: profoundly slow activity in the absence of medication, very excited and often convulsive activity with overarousal on medication, and between these, so to speak, a very attenuated, narrow band, showing relatively normal activities between...1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Antonyms of overarousal

Origin of overarousal

From over- + arousal.

Questions about overarousal

What does overarousal mean?
Overarousal means excessive arousal.
What part of speech is overarousal?
Overarousal is a noun.

Words near overarousal in the dictionary

  1. overargumentative
  2. overarm
  3. overarmed
  4. overarming
  5. overarms
  6. overarousal
  7. overarouse
  8. overaroused
  9. overarouses
  10. overarousing
  11. overarrange

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